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The blurring of the parenting roles may be beneficial to the kids.
Author: Lyn Thomas
Date: Jun 25, 2009 - 12:19:04 AM
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Not only are the roles of 'married couples' becoming blurred, particularly with the endless debate over same sex marriages, the customary role difference between breadwinner and caregiver has also been challenged. Gone forever are the days when the father-figure was an inaccessible, 'gone to work' person whom the children barely had a chance to interact with and relate to.
Three major factors have created this evolution:
· one-third of wives in America alone, are able to take home a larger salary than their husbands
· ‘lifetime male employment’ has become a thing of the past – particularly in the current recession
· Increasing insecurity in the job market.
Females are experiencing what it is to have to take the major responsibility for the family's finances, while the males are discovering the full and often overwhelming responsibility of having to be the care provider 24x7. Numerous men find themselves staying at home and doing toddler duty, while their wives scurry off to the work place.
There still appears to be a strong orientation to separate male and female roles, even in same sex relationships. It is therefore becoming more necessary in any relationship, for both partners to have the ability of taking over the other partner's role at the drop of a hat. For both roles to succeed, they need to be in a constant flux of cooperation.
Which partner is the breadwinner is still depends mainly on:
· the nation's economic situation
· the couple's economic circumstances
· the cultural background.
Nearly eighty percent of all jobs lost in the worldwide financial crisis have been male held positions, as male dominated industries are hit the severest. Yet, for either partner, the task of attempting to maintain the balance between being both a caregiver and a provider, results in high levels of stress. Perhaps circumstances are now causing the stress to be spread a little more, as more and more couples move towards sharing the roles.
While the initial caregiver is naturally the mother, that can change as soon as the infant reaches just 6 weeks of age, if the mother is compelled to go back to work, either by choice, or in order to maintain her job. Either way, the changing roles are beneficial to the children, who now get to have a closer relationship with their father, than was traditionally accepted a couple of twenty years ago. No longer is unseemly for young boys to play with dolls, or young girls to play with trucks.
The celebration of Mother's day (caregiver) and Father's day (provider) may need to undergo a change also. Perhaps they should now be renamed Caregiver and Provider Days, to enable everyone to keep up with the evolving changes.
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