Do you think the man should be the one bringing home the Money

I think those roles should be decided just between the couple. If the woman has a better education, or has advanced in her field and she can earn better than her husband, then why not reverse the stereo-typical roles? My partner and I are lucky, we've found ways so that we can both be home with our children most of the time. He works on call, seldom out of the home more than 20 hours a week and I work from home. But we both feel strongly that one of us should be with our children always. If he were to become disabled, loss his job or whatever, then he'd be home and I'd find outside work.

Yes, I believe that the man should be the one to bring home the money. I also think that women should be home with their children. However, I am currently working and my husband is home mainly with the kids. He has been without work and so this is working out best for us now. I hope that he will soon be back to work and that he can start paying the biggest parts of the bills and I will be able to stay home more.

In the 1950's, it was an ideal time because jobs in our area were very plentiful and the husbands could make enough money to support their family. Mom's stayed home to nurture the children and run all the home responsibilities. It was a very uncomplicated time and a very good time for me to grow up. My mom was always home with us, could participate in the room mothers, PTA and lunch mom programs. When we had a program at school, mom could always be there because she didn't have a job that conflicted. Dad made the money, handed out the discipline and made the rules, but he really didn't get too involved in our lives like our mom did. I feel very sorry for the young parents of today. In our city, the good paying jobs are far and few between since most of the industry has disappeared. It takes two incomes, not for fancy extras, but just to have a roof over their heads and food on the table. Many couples have been able to coordinate their schedules and work opposite shifts, so at least one parent is at home all the time. Others rely on grandma to help out. If anything good has come out of this "forced choice", it is that fathers have become closer and more involved with their children and their activities. It is not an easy world for anyone and the decisions are not as clear as they once were.

I may differ a little bit from this idea. i do not believe men should be alone who bring the money. nowadays all are equal. if the woman is qualified to do the job, why she can't contribute in bringing money home? It also increases self respect for her.

these days i don't think it matters who brings home the money. i think it should be an equal job. but i wouldn't mind the man brining home the money and spoiling.

America believes in a strong family. Family-factor is so important. All family-members have their own role to make this family strong. This is the fundamental-value that should be well-guarded. In this regards, we dont need to argue about minor things, such as, should dad bring money home? Or should wife just stay at home to raise the kids? When man and woman united as husband and wife, then they should have known their own right and tasks. But in mostly communities, man as a husband and dad are obliged to work, to protect his family, even to secure the future of their springs. Wife of course is allowed to work to make money, but it is not her main-task. Her main-task is manage the family. Any failure to this task, will bring bad-impact on her family as a whole....

I was brought up in a family that did not believe in anyone else bringing up their children and I guess I feel the same, although I don't have children i have seen enough to see that childrens little minds are like sponges and are influenced by the slightest thing, I think by letting other people spend too much time with your children could very well be moulding your childs way of thinking. I guess it depends on peoples circumstances as to what they can afford to do but looking at some couples these days they seem to prefer to have it all like dishwashers and the rest rather than stay at home with their little easily influenced children....

It's true that men shall be responsible to the family and this is his main role. But I don't think it should be the man's duty only. A woman can also work and bring money home. Sometimes a man stays at home doesn't mean that he is lazy or doesn't want to have a job. It is sometimes because it's hard to find a job because of the umemployment.

Well in real sense it should be a man who bring home the money coz they where the head of the family who take cares of the financial need of his whole family that is his role as a father. But now as time pass by and time comes that in view of many man and woman became equal coz many women do job that man should be doing, why because man became lazy sometime and women became more ambitious and career oriented they want to became strong in everything they want to do in life, times comes that woman did not want to became under his man. Money is easy for them to earn they did not stop until they get what they want so in the end they became the head of the family that bring money at home and the man became the home body of all became turn around. In this new generation woman and man became equal in so many ways specially in earning money. Some man are doing this because they are not lucky enough to find stable job with high paying salary is this the real thing or they just do this because they accept the fact that women are more brilliant than man.

Nowadays, the social brings us more and more stress. it's not unfair to be let man to support the entire family by himself. I think woman is under an obligation to help his hunband to earn money to reduce the stress. on the other side, becasue there is still something unfair for woman, man have more chances to get better jobs. he should be earn and bring more money home.

I had a senior well paid job until last November when, after 6 moths of illness I decided that as I had stopped even thinking about the job, I might as well leave. Since then I have been convalescing and building my strength up again. My Lot has been a part of that for me too. My wife works and we live off a combination of her salary and some savings. I don't feel bad about not working at present, and neither, I am pleased to say does she. I will go to work again at some point, but not back in the same industry of at the same level. I have done my greasy pole climbing and I am glad to be out of it. I have taken on the chores though. I am on my third lot of washing already today, and I am also nursing my sick daughter who has got "daughter cold" - not as bad a Man Flu, but still requires a constant stream of supplies delivered to her bedside!

yeah, i think the man is very important not only in bringing home money but also spiritual

I feel like the man and woman share the same responsibility. They both should hold down a decent job (if situations allow) and neither should aim to be the dominating figure in the relationship. Relationships are about commitment and working together. If that cant be done without someone feeling they need to be seen as more important, then theres no point in trying to commit to that person. Men-Bring home money. Women-Bring home money. Couples-Keep eachothers goals in mind, and always be there for eachother no matter who had the higher life insurance policy. :p

Yes, based on the Good Book, the man should be the Provider...

I don't believe that it is solely the man's responsibility to bring home the money. Nowadays, in the current economy, it's almost impossible to support a family on one income. If you are lucky enough to be able to accomplish this then that's wonderful. It's nice to be able to stay home with your children and take care of other things, but I don't believe either thing should be a 'role' to be filled based on gender. As long as the bills are getting paid, the children are not going hungry or being neglected, it shouldn't matter who is the one bringing it in.

hello baccarose! how are you ? hope you are enjoying here .:) well,i guess there are 3 cases as the working of men and women is concerned. 1-50% when the men went out to work and women stays @ home doing nothing. 2-30% men and women both doing work to gether and looking after house chores and kids as well. 3-20% women working and men doing nothing else working @ home. well,i prefer the 2nd case and depends if i could switch to 1st one too. If you husband earns much that u can have a healthy life siting @ home and taking care of your own house and babies ,then i guess a women should not go out to have work :) personally i believe on this because my religion taughts this to us...and even after doing all the house chores she gets time to have extra work or to show up her creativity by doing some work she can work @ home provided that work should be indoor . She can work on pc,if not then design anything like clothes anything @ home,writing articles etc etc depends on one's interest. The third case is a women works and a men stays @ home,well in normal conditions if the husband is healthy enough to work and instead of this he forces her wife to work out then i guess he dont deserve to be a man!!! But if because of some reasons,may be he is sick or may be he aint that much healthy to do work,he can allow his wife to work out,unless no need to stay @ home,this could be the most shameful thing for a man ! The second case to which i give first priority is that a man and women earning together and looking after the house as well. Well,if they can share everything with each other,their joys sorrows everything,then y not responsibilities?? I mean if a women can spend 24 hours of her day doing house chores,taking care of the children,waiting for his hubby to come,then why not men ?? Are those responsibilites assigned to her since she was born ?? NO !!! She has got equal right to work whtever she wants,of she spents a plenty of tym of her life in studying and to achieve something then why she aint be giving chance to show what she has got ? what sort of creativity and capability she has ?? but here i would like to mention one thing,a women should work if she manage work and home together? If she lacks in management then its better to stay @ home quietly . She should set the priorities and if she manage to work easily with it then there is no harm. Well,this is teh maximum i can say about this. Take care !

I think if you want to be the one bringing home the money to your family, then so be it. If you want to be the one staying home with your children and keeping house and what not, go for it. It is each individual person's decision as to what they do with their life, and how they raise their families. I personally work, and so does my boyfriend. When we, and we will, get married and have a family, we both plan to work and take care of our family together. I work overnight, and he works day shift, so it will work out well for us if we continue in both of our careers.

Let me start out by saying, I am the one who brings home the money. Here's the thing, I'm not sexist, just traditional... I do believe my husband should bring home the money. He should be able to take care of me if god forbid, anything happens... Thats just my opinion though...

If you believe this you are out of touch with reality not to mention a sexist moron.

I would say there should be an equal share. if the man is earning considerably more and someone needs to stay home then the man can't obviously drop his job so the woman stays home but this works both ways. so it really depends on the situation but i have no problem if i had to stay home.