Archive for 'at home moms'
Overworked Husbands=At-Home Moms (But Not Vice Versa)
Posted on06. Apr, 2010 by Brian Reid.
Yesterday, I posted on Katherine Lewis’ great WaPo Magazine story on the struggles of a woman to get back into the workforce. But there is an even bigger question that undergirds that whole article: what drives people out of the workforce in the first place? This is the great unmentionable in “opt-out revolution” stories in [...]
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Time for the Annual AHD Stat Attack
Posted on29. Mar, 2010 by Brian Reid.
It always sneaks up on me, but the folks at the Census Bureau have again dropped their annual at-home dad statistics numbers for me to chew over. (This is a bit of an overstatement: the Census actually puts out a whole bunch of stuff under the title “Familes and Living Arrangements”. If you want the [...]
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Wingnut Declares Dads Can't Match Moms in the Nurturer Department
Posted on03. Mar, 2009 by Brian Reid.
Before I go on an rip a Missouri lawmaker for a staggering stupid comment about fathers, let me first say that I am in favor of tax breaks and other government incentives to at-home parents. I feel even more strongly that *all* parents, regardless of employment status, should get some government largess. That said, let [...]