Sociological Journal Article Prior to 1990 women were the main providers for children preschool age and younger while they were at home. The term “stay at home mom” was common in many cultures, rarely was a father the stay at home figure. According to the article “Family Flexibility in Response to Economic Conditions: Fathers’ Involvement in Child-Care Tasks” by Brian Knop and Karin L. Brewster in Journal of Marriage and Family, in 2006-2010 of the Great Recession family dynamics changed. Men were losing their jobs and women were the main income providers for the home, “Men’s and women’s behaviors within families changed as well. Women became the primary wage earners in an increasing share of families,” (Knop & Brewster, 2015) While fathers were out of work and daycare expensive, to save money fathers became the primary care givers at
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First looking at if the care giver lived in a home with a preschooler or younger child or children, along with a women who was head of the house hold. Going through many categories such as; how often the child was bathed, toilet training, help dressing, playing, feeding. Then breaking down categories into how many children were at home, education level and ethnicity. Results of surveys were divided into sub categories such as; time and control factors.
Time was defined as a “trend” to understand the men’s level of involvement with the child, specifically to care and supervision. Controls were more of a variable options such as; children living in the home, their ages, wife compared to a female partner, and lastly social and demographic living.
The results show that men engage in physical care with their preschoolers have increased year after year. From 2007 to 2009 increased by 16%. Time will only tell if this continue to increase and become the new norm in
First looking at if the care giver lived in a home with a preschooler or younger child or children, along with a women who was head of the house hold. Going through many categories such as; how often the child was bathed, toilet training, help dressing, playing, feeding. Then breaking down categories into how many children were at home, education level and ethnicity. Results of surveys were divided into sub categories such as; time and control factors.
Time was defined as a “trend” to understand the men’s level of involvement with the child, specifically to care and supervision. Controls were more of a variable options such as; children living in the home, their ages, wife compared to a female partner, and lastly social and demographic living.
The results show that men engage in physical care with their preschoolers have increased year after year. From 2007 to 2009 increased by 16%. Time will only tell if this continue to increase and become the new norm in