Is it better for a couple if just the man works full time, or if the man and woman both work part time?
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Elijul
ANSWERS: 7
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It's better if the man works full time, especially if they have children. But it is nice if in addition the woman has a part time job.
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My sister has been happily married for 30+ years. She had a career and her husband stayed home with their son. The son is grown now, my sister just retired, and she and her house-hubby are still happily married.
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Depends on whats best for your family. we both worked full time up until a year ago when I had another baby then decided it was best for me to stay home and raise the kids. I am taking online courses though. When all the kids are in school, I will work full time again. Some families have no choice and both parents have to work in order to pay the bills. In that case, there is nothing wrong with that. You do what you have to do for your particular situation.
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Of the two, man working full time. Would most likely be a higher pay then the two combined, and most full time jobs come with medical benefits, retirement plans, and all the other good stuff.
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It's better for everyone if you can make the mortgage. And to do, so work as much as neccessary. Now, if you throw kids into the eqution, things start to change a bit. Kids need to see their parents for at least 15 minutes during their childhood. Ok. I was being facetious. But I'm a full time nanny for a family with 4 kids, and I am effectively raising these people's children. I have been working for them for 4 years now while I've been saving for and going to grad school. I am those kid's mother. The parents both spend more time at work than they do with the kids. And they don't neccessarily need to. Trust me. I get paid very well. If they didn't pay me, one of them could easily afford to stay home themselves. But they choose to work instead, which I find baffling. But I know not everyone is in such a position. Sometimes both parents have to work just to make ends meet. In that case, when you get home, spend as much quality time with your kids as you can.
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I think it'd be better if the man and woman both work part-time. It sends a better message to the child, than to have the child assume that men should make the money and women belong in the home. It's old-fashioned and times have already changed.
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I think every family is different, my hubby and i both worked full time until my kids were 1 and 2, then i went part time during the day (hubby works nights) when that got too much i changed to work in the evenings, so i work from 3.30 till 7.30, then hubby leaves at 9.30 till 6am. This works well for us as im home during the day, the kids are now almost 4 and 5 and the oldest will be going to school this year. So far as i said its been fine, but everyone has different ways of working, what works for one family might not work for another, and as long as you spend quality time with the kids then it doesnt matter who works the most hours.
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