re: When men worked and women took care of the family. Are we better or worse?

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In the 70s/80s, no one had that. You might have one piece of crap car for the family and a 1500 sf ranch for 5 or 6 people. No cell phones, internet, cable, etc. No eating out, one trip to the grocery a week, if you ran out of what wanted to eat, tough. If a teenage wanted a car, he/she worked to buy it.

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This is the truth along with the other latch key kids that we were in the 70s and 80s.

Problem is retirement.
Pension plans were available a lot more in corporations.
Retirement is a lot harder in today’s world when the wife stays at home unless your household spends money like it’s the 50s, 60s and 70s.