how many women of today in the western world still cook and take care of their kids in their family?

Answer 1

I still cook for and care for my kids. Unfortunately, I won't be able to continue that lifestyle as my ex has made it neccesary for me to return to the workforce full-time. I will not be a stay-at-home mom, but I will continue to care for my children the best way I know how.

Answer 2

I am a stay at home mom. I also homeschool my two youngest children. My oldest goes to high school. I try to cook most days of the week. Right now we have a pretty hectic schedule with sports and dance so some nights we just have sandwiches or takeout. I also do all of the laundry, cleaning and grocery shopping. On the other hand my husband takes care of the yard, car, fixes things, etc. He irons his own clothes, makes his lunch etc.

Right now I feel that my job is to take care of my kids and family. I take that seriously. Before we had kids my husband and I shared the housework. I imagine that when all the kids are in high school and I go back to paid work that we will go back to sharing some of the housework.

I know many people that still cook and take care of their families. On the other hand, I also know many families where the husband does the cooking, cleaning, etc. Unfortunately many families also live off of carry out. The kids are in school and day care all day. Even on the weekends the parents go out and the kids are watched by babysitters. I think it is sad that these families spend such little time together.

Answer 3

I do everything in our household minus the garbage. My hub works, I stay home. I wouldn't have someone else raise my kids. Obviously many claim I am crazy for living our old fashion lifestyle. I couldn't handle the stress of carrying the family financially. I sometimes take customer complaints from home, but that is just my "mommy time" money. Otherwise I'm a total homemaker. Many women I know live exactly as I do. Western woman are so misunderstood.

Answer 4

This a question I thought I would be able to answer pretty quickly but the more I thought about it the more times I changed my mind. I still think there are some out there but it is a lot less common. For several reasons; Women are gaining equality in the work place more and more, families are caught up in the rat race and so the wife or husband that would normally stay at home with the kids goes to work, women are getting more and more confident with their abilities and are backing it up with legal power to fight discrimination.

Answer 5

I'm a stay at home mom, look after the family, do all the cooking and baking - and our life and marriage is wonderful.
We decided that WE would raise our children, not strangers.
It's been tough with one income over the years - especially since I was the higher income earner, I have two degrees and had a great career - but doing it this way has been the best for a happy family and a VERY contented husband and wife!

Answer 6

I cook 4 days a week and we eat out 1 and take-in 2. My husband and I split the housework and the lawn work (the kids help, too) and we both work outside the home. We raise the kids together, too, and take turns driving car-pool to lessons, etc. If you work as a team, it's possible. It's not just women's work to raise kids. Children need a strong bond with their parents (both of them). Some men think girls don't need them. But girls learn from their fathers how valuable they are and what kind of man to look for in a husband. Men need to validate their daughters and women need to do the same for their sons.

Answer 7

here in the western world. My European hubbie is so happy to keep the mother of his child at home and experience that one on one which is so important for all little ones. I cook a variety of foods for my family and the house is always immaculate..To answer ur question, i cook 6 nights out of 7.. i love my son and make sure he is prepared for the big world ahead. He will learn from mum and dad and so far we are doing an amazing job.Live a life now, that u wish for ur children! We as parents are the slate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 8

Many do, with the help of their husbands. They share this responsibility together, at least the intelligent ones share household responsibilities with their husbands. There is still a large majority of dumb women who do more housework than their men, but this should be a dying breed. Just because a woman has a career, doesn't mean she can't take care of herself or her family! How much do you disrespect women? Really now.

Answer 9

I work full time and take care of my two kids and cook and clean. My husband also helps with the housework and cooking and child rearing at times but sometimes I feel like most of the responsibility is left to me. He also works full time.

Answer 10

I cook most of the time, but my husband likes to do it too. When we have kids we plan that I will look after them most of the time and he will drop one day at work so that I can still work a bit. I'm the higher earner though, so it's a bit out of whack in our house. The house work mostly falls to me, but I gave him a list of the jobs that need doing and he picked the ones that he thought he should do. That way he felt like he was doing the manly jobs, which means he's faithful in doing them.