The wife gets a chance to make some money and support the family, as well as gets to represent the family. On the flip side the husband has to spend more time on responsibilities around the house “fathers may assume more responsibility for childcare and housework than has traditionally been the case.”(Alice Drinkworth) . Over the last few years the rate of dual-income families has gone up “In 1961, only 20% of all two parent families were dual wage families, but by 1986, more than half (53%) of all families were dual earning families.”. (Novelguide) With both parents working there will be an increased income for the family “On the positive side, the family has an increased income and thus fewer financial stresses”(Working Parents). Dual-income families tend to be less stressed because bills will be easier to manage with the two sources of income as well as, the male figure in the family won 't have to work as hard to support the family verses if it was just one source of …show more content…
This can be a bad thing not only for the marriage but the kids as well, because they will emulate what they see or happens around them. “Middle-class boys tend to do worse in school when their mothers worked... as well, boys whose mothers work tend to have strained relationships with their fathers due to their perceptive devaluation of their father 's worth as an adequate breadwinner”(Novelguide). When the mother works the middle-class boys see their Dads as less of a man, because he isn 't supporting the family.The high levels of stress, and always being tired will make it hard to interact with a