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ObamaObama doesnÂ’t want you staying home and baking cookies. He doesnÂ’t want you at home to meet your kids from school. He doesnÂ’t want you looking after a home full-time. You canÂ’t build it by staying home. Build what? The utopian Obama state where we all work to feed the government, his government; a government that feeds itself by dining on European cheeses and arugula. Families in this case are superfluous. ItÂ’s a luxury he says you canÂ’t afford. To build that village you canÂ’t start on your home.That would be selfish. So, itÂ’s been decided. Your only utility is...

America’s job market is changing – again. It was just a few decades ago that women entered the workforce in large numbers. Now they are increasingly the primary earners in their families – with a full forty percent acting as the chief breadwinner in their homes. At the same time, men are seeing their place in the workforce diminish: the percentage of stay-at-home dads has doubled in the last decade. And according to a new documentary that focuses on this issue of our time, “The Big Flip”, the average woman’s income is rising at a pace that will put them...

In 2008, liberals slammed Sarah Palin for NOT being a stay-at-home mom. In 2012, Ann Romney is criticized by a liberal for BEING a stay-at-home mom. Do liberals wage war on conservative women, no matter what choices those women make?

1 in 2 woman want to be housewives 27.10.2006 If given the choice, 50% of Polish women would rather stay at home than pursue a career, says new survey. Report by Joanna Najfeld According to a report by the Polish Public Opinion Research Center, nearly half of women in Poland would be happy as stay at home moms without a professional career, provided that there was enough money in the household to support the family. Only 14% of women would like to work outside of home at all cost. The report, commissioned by the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy...

Esther Clark of Brenau University, Eric Shive of Cornell and Travis Barham of Washington & Lee spoke of their exploits as conservative student leaders on campus at the recent Eagle Forum Collegians (EFC) Annual Leadership Summit. Coming into Brenau, a private women’s liberal arts college in Georgia, Clark focused on her career aspirations. She threw the idea of children and being a mother to the side, almost scoffing at her mother who had given up her career to take care of the children. But then she realized through reflection, a career didn’t matter to her. Seeing her classmates and people...

A NEW breed of educated women has discovered the secret of a happy marriage — opting to stay at home instead of pursuing a career. The phenomenon, in which wives prefer their husbands to be the main breadwinner, has been identified by American sociologists and is now gaining a foothold in Britain. Unlike the housewives of the 1950s, who had little choice over rearing children and acting as homemaker, this generation of women is building on the advances of the feminist movement to determine their optimum lifestyle. The women are predominantly drawn from the middle classes and have young offspring....

Across the nation, privileged young women are seeking to be competitive candidates to gain admittance to prestigious universities. Impressive SAT scores, awards, grades and extracurricular activities are of the utmost importance for college-bound high school students and their families. The priorities of many of today's elite young women, however, are surprisingly conventional, according to one survey. The most fortunate and educated women say they will conform to traditional gender roles after completing their Ivy League degrees. They are choosing careers as full-time mothers and expect to be supported financially by their successful spouses. Such expectations are utterly selfish and a...

Jill Schiff’s office is just beyond the kitchen, down the hall from where the dog sleeps and the kids roam when they get home from summer camp. Welcome to Schiff’s corporate annex, the place where she can baste a turkey and run a million-dollar business at the same time. She’s not your average stay-at-home mom. Schiff, 36, is growing a jewelry business and pulling double duty as a mom — or, more accurately, a "mompreneur." "I get a lot of creative energy from my kids. They egg me on. And it’s never like ‘Mom, get off the phone,’ " said...

Jane Chen was a well-paid Wisconsin anesthesiologist. But at the age of 43, she decided to "retire" to stay home with her three school-age children. Even in 2005, Chen's decision was hardly unusual or remarkable: Women (and sometimes men) frequently forego employment, even lucrative employment, in order to stay home with children. What is remarkable and unusual, though, is that Chen's decision landed her in court. Her ex-husband argued that, by staying home, she was "shirking" her responsibility to provide financial support to their children. And he complained that due to her decision, a court was now ordering him to...

BreakPoint with Charles Colson Commentary #040218 - 02/18/2004 Ward and Ward Cleaver: The New Stay-at-Home Parent Two successful working parents, one a corporate lawyer and the other an anesthesiologist, were faced with a decision. One needed to stay home to care for their newly adopted infant son. And so the lawyer gave up power lunches for peanut butter sandwiches, a high-paying job for one with no financial compensation. That's a story similar to that of many married couples, in which one parent -- usually Mom -- decides to leave the workplace to care for the kids. But this isn't the...