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Lessons From A Househusband Think homemaking is just for women? So did this guy, ’til he took the job. Daily life had pulled an unexpected turn at the Wong household. Like an increasing number of men, I found myself unexpectedly without a job. Well, that’s not exactly right. Actually, while my wife, Debbie, spent her days as a social worker, I suddenly had two jobs: part-time free-lance writer and full-time househusband for Derek, our 4-year-old son.
1. It’s the toughest job you’ll ever have. Let’s just cut to the chase: This stay-at-home fathering business is difficult stuff! Whenever Debbie or other women used to mention how hard it is to be a housewife, I would always nod my head sympathy and mouth politically correct statements. But what I really was thinking was, aw, c’mon. You should have a real job like mine, with unreasonable deadlines, repetitive tasks and tyrannical bosses.
Now I know that no deadline is as inflexible as a child’s cry for breakfast, lunch or dinner; that the cooking—to say nothing of cleaning and washing—must be done over and over and over; and that a child can be the most demanding tyrant of all.
What You Say, What She Hears 14 ways to sharpen your "language skills." It's a familiar story. The Knicks are playing the Lakers. It's 82-81 with just under two minutes left in the game and home court advantage in the play-offs is on the line. You click the picture-in-picture button and toggle between two other key games. Technology is your friend.
Your wife emerges from the bedroom, and you get that sinking feeling in your stomach. She was a little teary eyed last Tuesday because she said you didn't listen, and you resolved to be a little more sensitive from now on. The room is becoming filled with that tension that says she needs to talk now. So, sensitive man that you are, you utilize your multitasking skills.
You click the mute button and ask her what she needs. This is mistake No. 1, according to Tom Walton, a psychology professor and interpersonal communication expert at Warner Southern College in Lake Wales, Florida.
"It doesn't do any good to hit the mute on the TV," Walton says. "You have to hit the off button."
Don't Give Up On Your Marriage In the movie The Patriot, Mel Gibson portrays a man who fights for his family by fighting for his country. Who is the strong man today who fights to hold together his family? I'd like to say that it's the Christian man. But statistics tell us that divorce within the church is as high as outside it. What does this say about our strength as Christian men? See More Articles >> |
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