As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints I seek after an ideal of family living which involves equality and varying roles among husband and wife. This last week we discussed research topics that involved Work and Home.
One consistency I found had to do with the challenges that develop when both parents are working outside of the home--at least while they are raising a family. The textbook chapter also mentioned that work outside the home and work as we define it today has drastically changed over the last few hundred years. It also mentioned how the industrial revolution caused a great shift in the way we view parents who take on the job of "homemaker." In the textbook Marriage and Family, Lauer and Lauer (2012) state:
"...it is defined generally as nonwork, or at least as not real work...Of course...homemaking is every bit as demanding and exhausting as any work outside the home. Indeed, men who spend time taking care of a house and children understand that homemaking is real work,"
I feel it is important that we recognize the equality between husband and wife. I find no reason or logic to weigh homemaking and outside work against each other. Both are demanding, both require dedication and hard work.
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