Just gobbled up this interesting article from the upcoming NYT's magazine about shared parenting. Basically, it follows a few parents who have tried to go even Stevens on parenting duties. That's right 50/50, halfsies, down the middle.
Obviously, this isn't for every family, but it does raise interesting points about the sociological roots of why women usually become the caretakers and men the breadwinners, as well as great statistics on the ratio of housework and childcare that each partner takes care of. Did you know....
- A stay-at-home mom does twice as much housework than a working dad.
- Even in households where mom does work, mom still does the same ratio of housework (2:1) in comparison to the dad.
- AND despite gains in women's rights and more women in the workforce, this 2:1 ratio hasn't changed much in the past 90 years.
- With childcare, the stay-at-home mom spends 15 hours a week to dad's 2. For working parents, it's mom's 11 hours to dad's 3 hours with the kids.
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wow... it's so interesting to see it spelled out like that. and i still always feel guilty that i'm not working as hard or that i should be doing more. blah, blah, blah...
did you move in yet?
just finished reading the monster of an article. took me a while with a toddler tugging at my pants. :) very interesting. it's true that i've chosen my career based on its flexibility. 50/50 life sounds so regimented to one who is not gifted and is somewhat allergic to such order, but it is amazing to see how some of these men and women have made sacrifices to commit to their ideals. i can say that this won't be something that would work for our family, but it does make me think hard about making room for C to help and to be involved. for me and maybe for you too, there is the whole pressure of being that model wife as a korean woman. that whole saying, behind a great man lies a great woman. blah, blah. it's so entrenched in my system that it's hard to combat sometimes, even when my own husband doesn't expect such things...
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