Our world has changed in many ways over the last decades.  Today, most moms and dads both work.  Both parents work in way more than half the American families with young kids.  The next biggest group is still the dads working and the moms staying at home raising the kids (and this is certainly an important job!).  It may seem there is a large group out there where the moms work and the dads stay at home but that is actually still a very small percent. 

This article gives some great statistics that you might find interesting…

Times have certainly changed since the days of “Leave It to Beaver,” when Ward Cleaver, in a business suit, won the bread and June Cleaver, in an apron, served it. But we are far from being a “Mr. Mom” society, too.

In 62 percent of married-couple families with children under 18, both the father and the mother are employed, according to recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A sizable 31 percent adhere to the traditional ’60s sitcom mold, with the father being the sole wage earner.

A mere 5 percent of the fathers are not working while the mother is employed, the data show. The statistics are silent on which of these fathers are jobless by choice.

But it is clear that the urge to earn remains strong among fathers, and that a man’s ego may suffer a blow if he decides to stay home.

If you want to read more, you can view the complete Kamaron Institute Job Market article by clicking the following link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/17/business/yourmoney/17count.html?ex=1339732800&en=1a5051d2a69bec01&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

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