Decades ago it was unimaginable, but today, it happens to lots of families--mom has a job but dad stays at home to cook; career moms and house dads. So what happened here? Well, more companies have been hiring women lately, especially in sales and marketing, because women seem to easily get in more sales than their male counterparts. Some insist, it feels more comfy talking to a woman about corporate stuff.
And then, as women mature in the corporate world and gain insights, they later try going solo and build up their own businesses and succeed. Meanwhile, more men get trapped into the hiring bias and find themselves with no other place to hide than the home kitchen. Now, what happens next? More families have career moms and house dads. Is this good or what?
It's what. Just kidding. Well, it's good, as long as there's money coming in for the family and there's enough food on the table. To second Eves and Adams there's no problem here. But to some, there is. Not just the roles of dad and mom change but the relationship as well. In some families, moms take the wheels and decide how to run the family while dads become the backseat drivers. The problem sometimes with career moms and house dads is that mom becomes the head of the family.
Regardless of who brings in money and provides for the family, dad should be head of the family and mom submits to him in all things. No matter if dad now washes the dishes and cooks he still should decide for the family. What God has established must continue so that the family is preserved for God. It's not a big deal, really, for women to work and men to stay at home. What is, is when dads become bums at home and mom still have to do chores when they get home from work.
Stay-home dads who cannot find work can try working online instead. Like in my husband's case, unable to find work, he started working online about 4 years ago. He started with a job online and then progressed to doing a business online through Internet marketing. He works at home and washes dishes sometimes--not all the time because we can afford a house helper, by God's grace. He instructs the helper on cooking and other chores.
Though I'm a career mom, I look up to my husband and submit to him in all things as the head of the family. Well, I'm looking forward to joining him someday soon in his online business so I can dwell more on studying God's Word daily, for the rest of our lives! Second Eves should have this desire, too.
Listen up second Eves!
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