Who should get to choose to work or stay at home?
asked:
Should this choice only be available to middle income (or higher) married women? Or should it be available to all mothers? Or all women? Or should it be available to all married parents whether man or woman as long as one of them works to support the other? Or all stay at home parents regardless of gender? Or should homemaking in general be a paid job? If you were in charge, what would be the rules as to who got to stay home, what the stipulations were, and how they survived financially?
I gave you a thumbs up. I’m not guilty of the stuff you keep accusing me of and you clearly have me mixed up with someone else.
By the way, in case people think I’m kissing up to Juniper because we’ve had a misunderstanding, I’m not. Anyone who actually answers my questions on topic ALWAYS get a thumbs up, UNLESS they have multiple accounts and typically troll. Therefore, everyone except the first answerer got a thumbs up from me. Keep in mind, I’m not the only one with the ability to give thumbs up and down, and I’m not the same person as the first answerer. Are we clear yet?
arab muslim: what about the non married women, widows, childless, etc. Who would take care of them?
Juniper. That’s ok. Feel better.
TAYLOR
Should this choice only be available to middle income (or higher) married women? Or should it be available to all mothers? Or all women? Or should it be available to all married parents whether man or woman as long as one of them works to support the other? Or all stay at home parents regardless of gender? Or should homemaking in general be a paid job? If you were in charge, what would be the rules as to who got to stay home, what the stipulations were, and how they survived financially?
I gave you a thumbs up. I’m not guilty of the stuff you keep accusing me of and you clearly have me mixed up with someone else.
By the way, in case people think I’m kissing up to Juniper because we’ve had a misunderstanding, I’m not. Anyone who actually answers my questions on topic ALWAYS get a thumbs up, UNLESS they have multiple accounts and typically troll. Therefore, everyone except the first answerer got a thumbs up from me. Keep in mind, I’m not the only one with the ability to give thumbs up and down, and I’m not the same person as the first answerer. Are we clear yet?
arab muslim: what about the non married women, widows, childless, etc. Who would take care of them?
Juniper. That’s ok. Feel better.
TAYLOR
December 17th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Available to anyone who can afford it! Why would anyone work if you don’t have to?
December 20th, 2008 at 1:05 am
If I were in charge, all small children would be given a “pension” of a few hundred dollars a month. Obviously, this would go to the child’s parents or caretakers. As far as I can tell, the choice to stay home is *already* available to all mothers, barring extreme circumstances. We need greater anti-poverty measures in this country, that’s for sure – but people must not be penalized for getting married, as they are now. Mothers lose all government supports if they get married, usually. Taxpayers are also forced to fund other people’s decision to put a child in daycare, which is insane to me, as well. A fair system would give that money to all parents, not just single or working ones.
EDIT: Oh, well in that case, I apologize. Sorry for the mix-up. I’m just cranky today ’cause I keep having pre-term contractions, and they hurt like hell.
December 23rd, 2008 at 12:54 am
It should only be available to people (not just women) who are financially able and willing to do it. Some families are in financial situations in which living on one income is impossible.
December 26th, 2008 at 4:05 am
If I was in charge I’d probably make the women stay at home unless they wanted to be a lady doctor to take care of the women and small children or a teacher to teach the girls. I don’t think that housewives should be paid for doing their natural womanly duties. I think if we went back to women staying at home and the men out working to provide for their families the world would be a better place. Prophet Muhammad(PBUH*) said that if you take the mother out of the home then society will fail and the Prophet(PBUH*) was correct.