6/13/2023 0 Comments Being a wife and a motherIn most families, every adult works when a new child is welcomed into the family, when a child stays home sick from school, or when an aging parent suffers from a fall, someone must stay home to provide care-and this person is usually a mother, a wife, or an adult daughter. 2 Although working parents are the modern norm and have been for years, the notion that most families already have a full-time caregiver available persists and continues to influence public policy as federal and, to a lesser extent, state policymaking has not prioritized work-family supports. 1 They are most likely to be raised by a single working parent or two married parents who are both employed, and only a minority of children will grow up in families with a full-time, stay-at-home parent throughout their childhood. Most children who grow up in the United States in the 21st century will be raised in households in which all of the adults work.
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