Sentences with phrase «as breadwinner»

More often than not, however, in the case of a divorce, the father as breadwinner automatically gained custody of the child.

Traditional parental roles typecast the father as the breadwinner and the mother as the carer or child raiser (LaRossa, as cited in Cabrera et al., 2000).

For some target groups (teen and young unmarried fathers) there will be additional goals related to fathers» role as breadwinner and related job training and educational goals for fathers.

There are also families today in which the father takes care of the children while the mother serves as the breadwinner.

As the breadwinner, I saw myself in a traditionally masculine roll and he in the feminine.

Stay - at - home parents are the unsung heroes of the household and need life insurance coverage just as much as the breadwinner.

Serves as income replacement if you (as the breadwinner) die, giving your family tax free dollars to use for college tuition, weddings, mortgage payments, bills and other expenses

If the family is a traditional family — father working long hours as the breadwinner and wife having given up work or working part - time after the birth of children — the answer will be for the children to spend more time with their mother.

We were lucky to have a behind - the - scenes tour and hear about some of their more recent projects, such as The Breadwinner, which is in the running for an Oscar this year.

If you as the breadwinner would die, your life insurance would provide for your family.

Out of curiosity, did you ever stop to think, «Hmmm, if I only interview successful female authors (and let's admit that women absolutely dominate the Romance genre), I'm not going to get many examples where the woman acted as the breadwinner while the man stayed home to pursue his career?

But as breadwinner and lord of his British household, he has very little time for parenting.

They will look upon the man as the breadwinner of the family, even though they have careers of their own.

For some target groups (teen and young unmarried fathers) there will be additional goals related to fathers» role as breadwinner and related job training and educational goals for fathers.

This new study provides a richer understanding of the struggle of fathers to embrace their roles as breadwinner and caregiver.

By continuing to see the male role in such constricting terms — as breadwinner or nothing — we are inadvertently contributing to the slow death of marriage in our most disadvantaged communities.

The gender pay - gap has all but disappeared in low income households (Gershuny, 2009) where automatically designating the father as breadwinner no longer makes obvious economic sense.

Back in the day, companies would justify paying women less than men because, among other reasons, men were seen as breadwinner providers responsible for an entire household.

For another, as most of her middle - aged informants make clear, the type of father involvement allowed by the doctrine of separate spheres was too thin (and often too authoritarian) to contribute very positively to the development of children and wives, even though it underwrote men's own masculine status as breadwinners.

Parents» choices are restricted by an outdated distinction between fathers as breadwinners and mothers as home - makers.

And, sadly, men will still be pigeonholed as breadwinners.

«If women aren't seen by their bosses as breadwinners, then the danger is that women are going to be supporting families on less than a man might make.»

At the same time, the role of fathers has evolved, and the public now acknowledges their importance not only as breadwinners, but also as caregivers.

But that does not mean that fathers today see their role solely or primarily as breadwinners.

Meyers cheats a bit in making Ben already evolved as a self - described feminist in his thinking regarding women in power in the workplace and as breadwinners at home.

«Where traditionally these men acted as the breadwinners in a patriarchal system, working and providing for their families, as refugees they are held in limbo, unable to look to the future,» explains Edward.

He is also more likely to be older, and have more income and education.147 But if it is precisely these dads who are succeeding with their children, we need to support and encourage them to do so, in addition to their traditional role as breadwinners.

As family dynamics changed, however, most of America continued to view fathers only as breadwinners, neglecting to understand and value the important role they can play as caregivers to their children.

Not exact matches

But as we approach a male - female breadwinner split of 70 - 30 per cent, it's time to set this assumption aside.

If the trend in female breadwinner families reflects changes in attitudes about the roles of men and women, we might expect a strong regional pattern, as some areas of Canada might embrace attitude changes more quickly than others.

My thought was of what I would leave them to live on as I was the only breadwinner.

We see this a lot in the gender debates, especially among those who suggest that the only way a family can truly honor God is with a husband who functions as the family breadwinner and a wife who functions as a stay - at - home mom to their 2.5.

Phyllis's mother became the family's sole breadwinner, first as a department - store saleswoman and elementary school teacher, and later as librarian for the city's art museum.

Sen shows that income earned in the market by a male breadwinner is often not evenly distributed within the household, due to cultural as well as legal factors that discriminate against women.

I Timothy 5:8 is a favorite of anti-SAHD pastors to toss out and use as biblical justification for why men MUST be the breadwinner and leave the responsibilities of full time child - rearing and running a household to their wives.

While workers were being drawn into the industrial labor force as individual breadwinners in Europe during the nineteenth century, for example, other workers in Europe's colonies were being drawn into a permanent state of dependence as producers of raw commodities — in mines and on plantations.

If Irving landed in a big - time market, like a New York, Los Angeles, or Miami, he'd be the star of the show and could ultimately supplant James as the sneaker world's breadwinner.

And sometimes the mother IS the breadwinner and / or is doing work that is very important to society as a whole.

Because my then - husband was more established in his career, we decided that I would stay at home and work part time as a freelance writer, and he would continue his full time career and be the breadwinner.

Would we still expect men to be breadwinners and women caretakers (and as much as we say we don't want that, we still fall back into gendered roles)?

Despite the many ways women have pushed forward as far as education, the workplace, being breadwinner wives, etc., there's one area in which we still seem to have antiquated views — women overwhelmingly (78 percent, according to the Pew Research Center) want our men to have a study job.

I am faced with hearing all the problems of the day but never any solutions given (I basically deal with everything as a parent and breadwinner problem solver).

This must change if we are to help men in the future, especially ones who are willing to reverse traditional gender roles and stay home to raise the kids as more moms are becoming the breadwinners.

and «I am not any happier with my role as a mandated breadwinner than women used to be as the mandated caregiver.

If it was a sole breadwinner or primary earner / stay - at - home mom or female primary parent marriage, it will be treated as such post-divorce by the court.

Furthermore, policies that wittingly or unwittingly entrench mothers as primary carers and fathers as earners have consequences further down the line: when today's happy housewife becomes tomorrow's low skilled lone mum and pension - poor retiree; and today's confident breadwinner becomes tomorrow's angry divorced dad, with a tangential relationship with his children and substantially reduced care from them as he approaches old age.

As with settlements of family courts and residency or access orders, the system is a relic of a patriarchal model of the family with a male breadwinner and female nurturer.

Most importantly, it found that the gender pay gap that sees women consistently paid less serves to reinforce the image of men as primary breadwinners.

Women and mothers are a permanent fixture in the workforce — and odds are slim that after a child's birth its mother will stay home full time while its father works as the family's sole breadwinner.

New fathers, by contrast, get one month (unpaid) parental leave; and just two weeks» (very low paid) paternity leave, which most, as their family's breadwinners at this time, can not afford to take.