Document Type
Cause and Effect Essay
Publication Date
1992
Excerpt
When I was young, I had what one might call the "traditional" family. My dad worked from nine to five, while my mom stayed home with my brothers and me. Then, when I was about six, all of that changed. My dad decided that he didn't want the average desk job and set out to start his own swimming pool installation company/retail store. This was the first step in the process of my family's transition from the "traditional" to the "modern" family. No longer would Dad be working eight hours a day, twelve months out of the year, nor would Mom be able to stay home with the kids if Dad couldn't work during the winter months. These changes in my parents jobs changed their roles within the family. They also influenced some basic relationships among my brothers and me.
Recommended Citation
Hard, Jennifer, "Can a Dad be a Homemaker? (1992)" (1992). The Valpo Core Reader. 340.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/340