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Assume parent A works 40-50 hours a week.

Parent B is home with three kids, ages 4 months to four years, all day. This parent works 167 hours a week. (24-7)

A gets weekends off, B does not. A sleeps all night, B gets up twice to feed and change a baby.

B also does all the housework, takes off the trash, fixes all meals, including special meals for B's picky kids when they come to visit.

So the question is, why does A consider himself to be the hard-working parent and B to be a lazy person who does nothing?

2006-09-08 04:45:16 · 6 answers · asked by imjustasteph 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting Parenting

6 answers

Because people assoicate hard work with MONEY and parent B although working harder than parent A does not bring any income into the house and is therefore seen as lazy..

2006-09-08 06:05:19 · answer #1 · answered by kathygd1 2 · 0 0

I have no idea. Parent A should be contributing in the household as well. Parenting is a 24/7 job. It's up to Parent B not to let Parent A get away with it. Parents cant really take weekends off.
Parent B should stop making special meals.

Do what I did that worked. Go on strike and make it quite clear you are not the house maid.

2006-09-08 12:24:49 · answer #2 · answered by KathyS 7 · 1 0

Parent A is a self-involved moron, who like a lot of people think it only counts as work when you leave the house to do it. Parent B needs to put their foot down and go away for the weekend leaving Parent A to learn the hard way how much work is involved at home. Also, parent B needs to let go and put the 4 year old in Pre-K and the others in a Mother's morning out program.

2006-09-08 11:50:59 · answer #3 · answered by jiminycricket 3 · 2 0

Parent A feels superior because he brings home the money, then sits on the couch with his hand down the waistband of his pants and thinks he's hot s*it when he's cold piss when it comes to working.
Let him take over parent B's job for a week and he'll come to his knees under the stress that parent A faces everyday without thought. And parent B can take what would be considered a vacation while she does his job at work.

2006-09-08 12:18:15 · answer #4 · answered by Lucianna 6 · 1 0

Well it sounds like my household during the week but on the weekend we BOTH do the housework,child caring ect. Thats what a good spouse does.He cant help he works all week and she has work to do at home but weekends should always be 50/50

2006-09-08 11:59:03 · answer #5 · answered by alecnaaron 3 · 2 0

Because he's the breadwinner; the person who brings home the family income while the housewife gets prolly half that amount or less (from her spouse).

2006-09-08 11:51:18 · answer #6 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 0 1

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