America needs more stay-at-home parents

America needs more stay-at-home parents


An almost forbidden opinion is now finding a voice in the halls of power and influence.

When the view is uttered above a whisper, it is derided by feminists, disdained among economists, and ignored by most of the media. But it’s what tens of millions of women believe: Stay-at-home mothers are a good thing.

To put a finer point on it: We would be better off if we had more stay-at-home mothers — and stay-at-home fathers, too.

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Nobody’s talking about a mandate for stay-at-home parents. Special subsidies for stay-at-home mothers are not really on the table at the moment. But whereas the Biden administration had a policy goal of promoting the dual-income family with full-time formal daycare, some conservatives want to back off that push and

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