The third reason is so men can see and value the hard work that a housewife does. Women are always taken for granted when women say they are housewives. People don’t see the hard work that is put into keeping a happy home in order. Usually, husbands don’t value what they have at home until it is gone. If the men stayed at home instead of women, men could see for themselves what they really have at home is worth fighting for; the work of a mother would be valued. Being a stay at home parent is a fulltime job, and this job can be extremely hard at times depending on how busy a parent’s life is with all the extracurricular activities that a child has. Mother’s have a lot on their plates, as father’s do when the roles are reversed.
Moreover, men are being discouraged in being stay at home dads because men aren’t likely to be accepted as stay at home fathers. When a father takes his child or children out to the park other mothers immediately assume the father is helpless with children. Mothers will go and give these fathers advice on anything and everything even if the father hasn’t asked for anything. There are even other fathers, who are old fashion, diminish househusband. People are so quick to criticize