With women demonstrating their ability to perform just as well as men on the global professional stage, it is no wonder that more and more men are taking on the responsibilities of domestic life. It is argued that all household chores should be
distributed evenly between dual income couples. The virtues of this arrangement will be shown by looking at the positive effects it has on both children and the relationship quality the married couple experiences.
For one, parents who share housework provide a good example to their children of the importance of empathy. For instance, while working in Dubai, I taught English to children of several dual income families. These children were very proactive when it
came to helping their parents with household duties. Looking back, I feel these children acted in this selfless manner in response to the living models their parents provided. As this example shows, parents who equally shoulder the burden of household duties pass on worthy character traits to their children.
In addition to this, the relationship quality married couples experience can benefit from their sharing in the challenges of day-to-day life. For example, although my own mother never worked, she was always very gracious of my father when he would take the time to help her with duties around the house. This sharing in hardship helped to strengthen my parents’ union and acts as yet another benefit to the equal divvying of household duties between married couples. After looking at how equal burden can benefit a married couple’s children and relationship, it is clear that this is an opinion that should be supported.
With women demonstrating their ability to perform
just
as well
as
men
on the global professional stage, it is no wonder that more and more
men
are taking on the responsibilities of domestic life. It
is argued
that all
household
chores should
be
distributed
evenly
between dual income
couples
. The virtues of this arrangement will
be shown
by looking at the
positive
effects it has on both
children
and the relationship quality the married
couple
experiences.
For one,
parents
who share housework provide a
good
example to their
children
of the importance of empathy.
For instance
, while working in Dubai, I taught English to
children
of several dual income families. These
children
were
very
proactive when
it
came
to helping their
parents
with
household
duties
. Looking back, I feel these
children
acted in this selfless manner in response to the living models their
parents
provided. As this example
shows
,
parents
who
equally
shoulder the burden of
household
duties
pass on worthy character traits to their children.
In addition
to this, the relationship quality married
couples
experience can benefit from their sharing in the challenges of day-to-day life.
For example
, although my
own
mother never worked, she was always
very
gracious of my father when he would take the time to
help
her with
duties
around the
house
. This sharing in hardship
helped
to strengthen my
parents’
union and acts as
yet
another benefit to the equal divvying of
household
duties
between married
couples
. After looking at how equal burden can benefit a married
couple’s
children
and relationship, it is
clear
that this is an opinion that should
be supported
.