Fox Clowns Thrilled People Work Multiple Jobs

[maddiemom]

5. A generation ago, we'd become used to both parents working.

Those of us who are early baby-boomers remember when it was usually only our fathers who worked. I remember our class being asked (about 1959-1960) how many of our mothers worked. Out of around twenty-five, I was one of only three. Of the other two, one mom was widowed and the other divorced (also a rarity at that time). My mom didn't much like house work, and when my brother and I were both in elementary school she preferred to work outside the home and pay for a cleaning lady, Luckily, one grandma was nearby to be there after school when we were younger. Mom's extra income also allowed us some "luxuries" that we wouldn't have had on one parental income. By the time I was a mother, it was a luxury for ME to be a stay-at- home mom when my daughter was small. I worked before and after that. Now even a family with both parents in the home usually just expects that both will need to work. Now that is what's "normal" and Repuglicans want us to believe that working two or three jobs is "admirable," rather than an exhausting schedule to pay the bills.