Rise in stay-at-home fathers fuelled by growing numbers of female breadwinners - Telegraph
Experts suggested that the shift was down to men losing their jobs in the recession and either failing to find new employment or deciding that it did not make financial sense for them to return to work if their partner was a high earner.
Overall more than 2.3m people are classed as “economically inactive” because they are at home looking after children, the Office for National Statistics said.
“It’s something that’s kept quiet or treated as a bit embarrassing. We need to have more conversations about it in order for it to become more acceptable and for people to understand what makes the family unit work,” she said.
Shall we keep this quiet?
Experts suggested that the shift was down to men losing their jobs in the recession and either failing to find new employment or deciding that it did not make financial sense for them to return to work if their partner was a high earner.
Overall more than 2.3m people are classed as “economically inactive” because they are at home looking after children, the Office for National Statistics said.
“It’s something that’s kept quiet or treated as a bit embarrassing. We need to have more conversations about it in order for it to become more acceptable and for people to understand what makes the family unit work,” she said.
Shall we keep this quiet?
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