For you know how one must imitate us. For we did not act in a disorderly way among you, nor did we eat food received free from anyone. On the contrary, in toil and drudgery, night and day we worked, so as not to burden any of you.d 9 Not that we do not have the right. Rather, we wanted to present ourselves as a model for you, so that you might imitate us. In fact, when we were with you, we instructed you that if anyone was unwilling to work, neither should that one eat. (2 Thess 3:7-10)
BTW, a full time housewife is working.
What is interesting is that preschool enrollment hasn’t gone down as female employment has.
Too many women who used federal childcare subsidies or Head Start or “free Pre-K at public school” continue to use them, though they aren’t working anymore.