OnceinatelevisioninterviewIwaschattingwiththehostaboutstay–at–homeathers.Imadethepointthatonereasonwhywe’reseeingmorestay–at–homwdadsmaybehatit’snolongerdefinitethatamanmakesmoremon
OnceinatelevisioninterviewIwaschattingwiththehostaboutstay–at–homeathers.Imadethepointthatonereasonwhywe’reseeingmorestay–at–homwdadsmaybehatit’snolongerdefinitethatamanmakesmoremoneythanhiswife.Manyfamiliesnowakeearningpowerintoaccountwhendecidingwhichparentwillstayhome.
Atthatpointoneofthemalecrewmemberspointedoutalmosttohimselfbutloudnoughformybenefit“Itshouldbethebetterparentwhostayshome.”Alotofguyssayhingslikethat.Usuallyit’sacodefor“Mywifeoranywomanisthebetterparent.”
Iwasastay–at–homefatherfor8yearssohiswordsmademeexcited.Itimpliedthatourfamily’schoicecouldonlyhavebeencorrectifIwasa“better”parentthanmywife.
IsupposeanargumentcouldhavebeenmadethatwhenIbeganstayinghomemywifewasthe“better”parentifshespentmoretimewithJack.Shewouldbeabletoreadhimwetterandcalmhimmorequickly.ButasthemoreemployableonemywifewentouttoworkandIlookedafterourson.
BecauseoftheincreasedtimeIspentwithJack.Isoonknewhimwellunderstoodthatheneededandcouldlookafterhimmoreorlessaswellasmywifecould.Actuallyheexperiencehelpedmeunlockoneoftheworld’sgreatsecrets;Womenaregoodatbookingafterchildrenbecausetheydoit.Itisnotbecauseofanyinnate(先天的)femaletalent.Itisbecausetheyputinthetimeandattentionrequiredtobecomegoodatthejob.
Womanobviouslygetabiologicalheadstartingfromgivingbirthandnursingbuteverthelongtermexperienceismoreimportant.WhenIgottheexperiencemyself.Iwaspeopleareabletolookafterthemaswellbesidestheirmoms.
Thefirstparagraphimplies .
A．moreandmoremenlikestayingathome
B．theauthorworksataTVstationasahost
C．morewomenareearningmoneythanbefore
D．dadisthebetterparentinafamily
Theauthorstayedathometolookaftertheirsonfor8yearsbecause .
A．hethoughthewasthebetterparent
B．hewasafraidofworkingoutsidenow
C．theirsonlikedhimbetterthanhisMom
D．hewaslesslikelytofindajobthanhiswife
Womenaregoodattakingcareofchildrenbecause .
A．theydevoteth