Some have become more helpful around the house, acquiring practical, hands-on experience doing a little housework. And some are showing greater interest in the life of their local community. Fathers have more time to spend with the children during the year and on vacations. A few wish they could spend even more time with their children. However, school-aged children are busy too.
Many wives are happy to have their husbands home more.
They feel more and more strongly, as do their husbands, that the core of the marriage is the relationship between the husband and the wife. They believe that the relationship between them and their husbands should be based more on trust and equality, a relationship in which they can carry on a two-way dialogue about family matters and things in general. They want to enjoy certain family activities together with their husbands. They also feel that their husbands should show greater concern and play a more active role in the family. They would like more help from their husbands with housework and with the rearing of the children.