BINGO! Then taxes skyrocketed forcing them into the workplace and began the demise of the family structure.
I was counter culture when I had my kids. Women were back in the work force pretty well by then. My husband and I couldn’t justify me going back to work after each kid, cuz the cost of childcare meant I made very little money for the effort. Add a kid or two, and I was working for to pay for someone to take care of my kids. What I did was very frowned upon, but I devoted my life to my kids, their education, and their upbringing. I volunteered at their schools and at our church, and in our community. I was never paid a penny for any of that.
We didn’t have fancy cars, or even fancy clothes or “stuff”. I bought one new outfit for the kids each season, and the rest were second hand. I have been belittled many times over for my decision to stay at home while our children were young. People told me they couldn’t afford to stay home, that they had to work. All I can say is we sacrificed every single day so that I could be there when the kids were little, and when they got home from grade school. All the richer for it now.