The Swift family and others like them are to be commended for the barrier breaking they demonstrate so well. It is marvelous to see more women in positions of power, and while no one would doubt the abilities of women to be supermom, it's good to know that men can fill that role, too. More families might take the same plunge but for financial reasons. Too often, the money lost when one spouse stays at home is enough to bankrupt a family. Only those families with one spouse solvent enough to support all can make this choice so freely.
Equality means having choices.
While women once yearned to escape the drudgery of being a housewife, they hardly meant to get themselves into a situation where being a housewife was impossible. It's time to examine the reasons why more parents can't make this choice. A simple and clear culprit is the rising financial strain of taxes. When more money goes to the government, less money goes to the needs of the family. This amount could be the difference between daycare and days at home with daddy.