The Question.

I am a firm believer that the break down of the traditional family is mostly to blame for the crimes and dysfunction we see happening. Your question is too narrow though. I would say people feeling that it is OK to have babies out of wedlock and provide no spiritual underpinning for them is a big problem.

I grew up in a traditional family. My father worked, mom stayed at home and took care of my brother, me and the parents of my Dad, who lived with us. I am convinced that children grow better with a Mom staying at home to take care of them.

I think the destruction of the family is in large part to blame for society’s problems. It’s not completely true that women never worked outside the home. I’m sure you’ve heard about school teachers having as a requirement for employment to be single but married women worked, too…especially during World War II. Yes, both of my parents worked. But I was raised by them, not by television or a video game, which seems to be the case anymore.

I did grow up with my mom being home. She only worked outside the home when my dad was in Vietnam.

My parents followed the "traditional" roles until I was around eight years old when my dad couldn't work anymore so mom found a job. There were still crimes back then and rude kids everywhere. Each older generation thinks the kids that followed them were horrible people and hoodlums. I think there are just MORE people on the planet and media plays up each thing that happens. We're only finding out about the bad things faster, in my opinion.

We lived on a farm so the roles were fairly traditional although Mum did a lot of outside work as well. That was probably traditional for farmers' wives in those times.

I`m not so sure about that. It really depends on the person because I grew up with both my parents are working and they only can remind us on things that what they think is right and wrong. although, I learned on my own while I started to handle my own life

It looks to be so without a doubt

Yes I think so.

To answer your last question first - no I didn't. But secondly, it isn't really an 'old-time belief', it seems to be an idea of what family life should be for middle-class families around the 1950s. At every other period of history parents have worked when they needed to.

I have wondered that too. But I also wonder what would happen if more men were actively involved in raising children.

Yes, I believe it would have been better for the children. Yes, it's the way it was in my home.

I grew up in a family where my parents were working and we would stay home with our house help. Times have really changed and everything seems to be falling out of place

My dad worked. My mom stayed home taking care of us. In HK most couples work and their kids are taken care of by grandparents or house maid. I think it makes a difference if the mother can stay home looking after the kids. But the cost of living in HK is really high nowadays.

Initially, when my older sister was born my mom quit her job, and only my dad worked. When I was old enough to start kindergarten, my mom went back to work, and she really had to after that because of finances. Would traditional familial roles benefit society today? In a mother/father household I believe it would. But so many households today do not consist of a mother and a father.

My mom worked like my dad, but at home, everyone does his/her assigned chore. Having the mother stay home and focus on the kids' problems could help a lot in stabilizing homes because there is always someone home to lend a helping hand or a listening ear. Many kids need this to feel loved and secure and be good citizens of their countries. However, we grew up well, anyway. Thanks to a healthy environment even outside of the home, and loving people all around us. So, I say that family, the people around us, and the surrounding society would all contribute towards the stabilization of families. Of course, the primary focus is the family first. How well a family has been nurtured.

I did grow up with a dad who was in the Coast Guard and my mother stayed home to raise three of us. I do believe it's vitally important for kids to be raised by two parents when possible. But I know that can't always happen and there are many well adjusted bright kids who were raised in a single parent home.

I think there are many factors to consider why children of today are far better than the children of yesterday and one is exploitations from peer and influences from technology they made ugly. They want to explore.I also grew up my dad working as a military official and mom at home caring us her children. We're under military command hehe.

I don't have any kids but if I did, I would stay home with them. I believe it is the proper way to raise a family, the man is the provider and the mother is the home/child caretaker. I read what @snowy22315 wrote and completely agree with her thoughts My father worked, my mother stayed home until my brother and I went to school.

I grew up in a home where my father worked and my mother stayed at home to look after us but my brother did become a wayward irresponsible person. On the other hand my husband and me went out to work and my sons still grew up responsible men.