There are also latchkey kids. These are the phenomenons of the nineties. Many women or men, one of the partners in a traditional family, would be a full-time homemaker, if it wasn't for the fiscal penalties they face. We need to recognize that full-time makers make a definite, valuable contribution to society. No longer will kids be latch key, no they will have a caring parent waiting for them to come home from school, to listen to their stories, to help them with their projects, and to give them attention, and keep an eye on them.
Society needs to put tax legislation in place that makes staying home attractive.
Not only may we expect a better society to be the result, we may also expect that positions presently filled by then full-time homemakers will create employment opportunities for the thousands of the generation Xers. Until the youngest child has reached the age of responsibility, sixteen. Our Tax System needs to be revised. No family should be penalized because they want to spend more time on the rearing of their offspring, from which all of society will benefit.