Family life in the United States is changing.
Thirty or forty years ago, the wife was called a "housewife". She
cleaned, cooked, and cared for the children. The husband earned the money for
the family. He was usually out working all day. He came home tired in the
evening, so he did not do much housework. And he did not see the children very
much, except on weekends.
These days, however, more and
more wemen work outside the home. They cannot stay with the children all day.
They, too, come home tired in the evening. They do not want to spend the
evening cooking dinner and cleaning up. They do not have time to clean the
house and do the laundry. So who is going to do the housework now? Who
is going to take care of the children?
Many families solve the
problem of housework by sharing it. In these families, the husband and wife agree
to do different jobs around the house, or they take turns doing each job. For
example, the husband always cooks dinner and the wife always does the laundry.
Or the wife cooks dinner on some nights and the husband cooks dinner on other
nights.
Then there is a question of
the children. In the past, many families got help with child care from
grandparents. Now families usually do not live near their relatives. The
grandparents often are too far away to help in a regular way.
More often, parents have to pay
for child care help. The help may be a babysister or a day-care center. The
problem with this kind of help is the high cost. It is possible only for
couples with jobs that pay well. Parents may get another kind of help from the
companies they work for. Many companies now let people with children work
part-time. That way, parents can spend more time with their children. Some
husbands may even stop working for a while to stay with the children. For these
men there is a new word: They are called "househusband". In
the United States more ans more men are becoming househusband every year.
These changes in the home mean
changes in the family. Fathers can learn to understand their children better,
and the children can get to know their fathers better. Husbands and wives may
also find changes in their marriage. They, too, may have a better understanding
of each other
It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that__________.
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