Are housewives really gone?

According to many newspapers reporters, the days of moms just staying home to care for their families have faded into the past.  There are many examples shown of the reason why this has happened, from simply not being able to survive financially on only one income, to more single Parent households.

Although times have changed from the by gone era of "Leave it to Beaver" style families, it doesn't mean that the Stay at home Parent is gone. In some families it is no longer Mom but now Dad that stays home to care for the kids. 

In an article from Yahoo Finance:

You might wonder why the rate of stay-at-home fathers isn’t higher. After all, women now make up almost 47% of the American workforce and tend to be more qualified than their male counterparts. In the 1970's, there were far more men on university campuses than women, at about 58% to 42%. Now, the ratio’s almost exactly reversed—yet women are still far more likely to give up work to care for their children.

What has also changed is the fact that more and more parents are  changing the scope of the work force by becoming self-employed entrepreneurs. This allows them to work around their life schedules, and still be income producers.  

In fact this is what happens in my home. I am an online freelance writer and blogger. I work around the needs of my family and still find myself being a very productive human being. 

Going through the Pandemic has really changed the way that people are looking at their lives. We deal with supply issues, lack of necessary items and job loss. More and more people are working from home whether their jobs moved to remote access or becoming their own bosses. We as a society are changing the way we work, live and care for our families.