Discussion In many countries, more and more men are staying at home to look after their children when women work full-time. What are the reasons? Is it a positive or negative development?

In the past few decades, the world has moved forward in the context of gender equality.
While
there has been a huge upsurge in the number of working
women
, one can
also
witness many stay-at-home dads, stepping in to support the family. In
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I will discuss the contributors
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change, and
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explain with examples why I strongly believe that it is a positive development for the household and the larger community. The primary reason
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men taking care of families these days
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is the availability of job opportunities for
women
.
Female
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race is
euqally
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equally
educated and
competetive
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competitive
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and in some cases much better than their male
counter parts
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.
Therefore
they are earning higher salaries and benefits than others.
This
takes away the financial pressure from the family and
hence
both
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partners need not work.
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no house helps available in most
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countries, and it is only the parents responsible for
upbringing
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of the children. So one of them
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to be available at all times. The biggest advantage of fathers staying at home is the bond that it creates between them and
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kids. Naturally children and closer to their
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, and one needs to put in
effort
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to build
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relationship with
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. When the men are around children and spend time the
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little ones, the
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grower
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stronger
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with them.
Also
, since the responsibilities are equally divided, the friction between the partners is
also
reduced, thereby resulting in a healthy family environment.
Further
, we know that kids learn a lot from their surroundings. When these young minds see equality being
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at home, it will easily become a part of their nature. A recent survey
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demonstrated
that
chidren
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children
coming from families with working moms
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have higher consideration and respect for
women
. These individuals help shape the community and make
this
world safe and right for everyone, irrespective of their gender. In conclusion,
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education has enabled mothers to work, and
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given the
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opportunities
to fathers to take care of the family.
This
is a very constructive change as it draws the family together and
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in
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making a better society.
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