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From: dwl10@amdahl.UUCP (dwl10)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: House Husband
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Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 19:46:43 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 28 19:46:43 1984
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More power to the man who is willing to be a "house husband"!

My wife is also a "domestic engineer". If she wanted to work outside
of the home, than our child would go into daycare. I am the first
to admit that I couldn't handle being at home 24 hours a day. Some
of this is due to the fact that I am an inept house keeper, but
mostly it is a matter of patience. Our son borders on the hyper-
active. He has been in the "terrible twos" now for 3 years (He
started at age one). I do "spell" my wife when I get home by doing
a lot of the cooking and bathing our son, but that is only for a few
hours and on weekends.

I have no problems with my wife working (she has taken on a few
jobs in the past). But she usually won't even consider working.
She usually says that it's because she likes to be able to make her
own schedule, but there are several unsaid factors:
    1. - Guilt. We both feel very strongly about not wanting a
         "stranger" raise our child, so that tends to keep her
         from even considering working.

    2. - Money. She doesn't have any formal training outside of
         High School, so any job she takes will barely cover the
         Day Care expense.

To sum it all up, I guess that every situation is different and
not every man (or woman) is cut out to be a "house person".
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