This is especially vital for
a breadwinner with a young family.
I am
the breadwinner with two jobs, and a writing career.
She approached the adaptation of Deborah Ellis» best - selling young - adult book
The Breadwinner with screenwriter Anita Doron and a talented team of designers.
Breadwinners with dependents need to make sure they have enough life and disability insurance to support the family should the worst happen.
Not exact matches
Even
with more women settling into the role of family
breadwinner, the gender pay gap only rarely settles in their favor.
And from a gender standpoint, women are the sole or primary
breadwinners in 40 percent of households
with children.
«Most people have parents for financial support, but my dad lost his sight
with multiple sclerosis and he used to be the
breadwinner, so there [was] no financial backup,» he said.
Gibbs's dream comes
with higher personal stakes: He is the sole
breadwinner in a family of four.
There is almost no discernible age pattern in families
with female
breadwinners.
Couples
with female
breadwinners have almost quadrupled, from an 8 per cent share in 1976 to over 31 per cent in 2010.
The bulk of these
breadwinner moms — 8.3 million — are either unmarried or are married and living apart from their spouse.19 The remaining 4.9 million, who are married and living
with their spouse, earn more than their husbands.
The days are gone when family
breadwinners could expect to work for one employer throughout their entire career, retire on generous defined benefit pensions provided by that employer,
with the comfort of knowing that expenses in their golden years would be securely funded by the deep pockets of government.
Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen may express great concern for the plight of families
with breadwinners relegated to part - time and temporary employment in a lethargic recovery, but businesses seeking workers in many industries and occupations complain about shortages of qualified applicants.
His journey from
breadwinner to sole parent is inspirational for single fathers everywhere who find themselves facing the same stigmas that Matt grappled
with for many years.
If, for example, you're the sole
breadwinner in a family
with multiple dependents, you're better off having six to nine months of savings on hand.
Not surprisingly, New York City and its surrounding area is the
breadwinner here
with an annual economic output of $ 1.43 trillion — the largest for any city in the United States.
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.
Historically and currently, the
breadwinner role matches quite well
with core aspects of masculine identity.
Last week, a Pew study revealed that in four out of ten American households
with children, the mother is the sole or primary
breadwinner for the family, the highest share on record.
Another factor in the modern data set we must bring before the model is the mass entry of women into the work force and the erection of social policies that transfer benefits other than through bonds
with particular male
breadwinners.
The father can't hold his head
with some sort of dignity and say, «Hey, I'm the
breadwinner — you do whatever I say.»
Future immigration is better calibrated for a society where there are larger returns to formal education and where families
with low - skill
breadwinners are struggling regardless of ethnicity.
If one spouse agrees to work part time, and the other spouse is ok
with that and takes on the bulk of the
breadwinner role however, this simple decision that was made at the time to benefit the family will have far reaching and potentially life long consequences.
I didn't have kids
with my first husband, but I was the cook and the house cleaner, even when I was the
breadwinner.
If you are planning to quit your job to stay home
with your baby, he may feel more pressure because he'll be the sole
breadwinner.
If you are the major
breadwinner, mom wants to stay home
with the baby, and you can afford it, cool.
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).
and «I am not any happier
with my role as a mandated
breadwinner than women used to be as the mandated caregiver.
Let's face it — we still tend to expect men to be the primary
breadwinners, even while demanding they do more around the house and
with the kids.
Men are no longer the sole
breadwinners of households, and moms are no longer the only parent a child should bond
with.
For all our talk about being equal partners, and marrying men who will think outside the marital box, like men who want to stay home
with the kids, we still expect men to be the
breadwinners.
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.
If you're the primary
breadwinner in your family,
with a spouse who takes care of the home, you might not have considered the real cost of replacing the work he or she does.
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.
But we are making progress; we're generally more involved in our children's lives compared
with dads a generation ago, who were usually expected to be
breadwinners and disciplinarians only, and moms sometimes handled discipline issues
with the threat, «Wait until your dad gets home.»
I think that had more to do
with the primary child caregiver needing a break and adult - time while the primary
breadwinner tended to want some pre-bedtime child time.
With all that said, dads in most cases are no longer wanting only the role of «
breadwinner.»
And in thirty per cent of couples
with children, the woman is the main
breadwinner.
And fathers are beginning to grumble, too: «A lot of the friction I've experienced in my relationship
with my husband since our daughter was born relates to the enormous pressure he has felt being shoe - horned into a traditional
breadwinner role» says a contributor to the lively discussion boards on www.mumsnet.com: «we had a really equal relationship before our baby came along and it has been very uncomfortable being in the «traditional» roles.
If he's going to be the primary
breadwinner when you're home
with the baby, you have to empathize
with him and all that he will have to do in order to generate enough cash to take care of you and the baby.
Those fathers reported that being a
breadwinner was less important to them than providing their children
with love and emotional support, being present and involved in their child's life, or being a good mentor and role model.
The research concludes that today's fathers do not equate being a good father
with the role of «the
breadwinner», as traditional models suggest.
This assessment of the changing role of fathers delivers an in - depth portrait of America's working fathers, revealing that today's dads associate being a good father just as much
with the role of effective caregiver as the traditional role of «
breadwinner.»
Some families have made the decision for Mom to become the
breadwinner, changing places
with a dad who used to bring home the primary paycheck.
Over the past few months, ministers have removed child benefit from wealthier families
with one
breadwinner and restricted financial help
with child care to those mothers returning to work, yet repeatedly delayed a promise to bring in tax breaks for married couples.»
Mauro's leadership at FPI since 1993 has been essential to its development as a credible and effective advocacy organization that helps to shape the debate over key economic and fiscal issues in ways that ensure a voice for working people — from middle income homeowners struggling
with high property tax bills to those families whose
breadwinners toil in minimum wage jobs to the involuntarily unemployed.
The Department of Homeless Services» Advantage program has given rent subsidies to thousands of homeless
breadwinners who found jobs and left shelters, but a report by Comptroller John Liu found that poor management put families in dangerous buildings
with faulty wiring and rodent problems, and landlords pressured some tenants into illegal side deals, forcing them to pay as much as $ 400 extra a month, the Times reported.
«These trends are consistent
with a shift away from a
breadwinner - homemaker model of marriage toward a more egalitarian model of marriage in which women's status is less threatening to men's gender identity.»
«It also provides a changing culture, in which more fathers are getting involved
with taking care of their kids, as opposed to the earlier tradition of being just
breadwinners.»
Her recent publications from this Center include a ground - breaking study of women in science, Staying Competitive: Patching the Leaky Pipeline in Science, co-published
with the Center for American Progress in November 2009 and Better Educating Our New
Breadwinners, in the Shriver Report, October 2009.