tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275597446532773244.post7780903831278781659..comments2023-05-19T13:24:20.504+01:00Comments on The River Into Words: Figuring Out Equally Shared Parenting : Gender roles, shmender rolesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275597446532773244.post-81904030000587088682012-04-02T21:41:52.687+01:002012-04-02T21:41:52.687+01:00We would certainly consider ourselves to be equall...We would certainly consider ourselves to be equally sharing parenthood. But, we do appear to have fairly traditional gender roles. Our skills & gifts are sort of traditional, I guess. He is the college grad who has the good job & he is the main breadwinner. I grew up in a large family & am very comfortable in the ways of homemaking. And yet, we don't view these things are gender issues really. Nor does he leave the home <br />& children to me, by any means. He is a very engaged parent & an active participant in household care. We seek to do what needs to be done to serve each other, rather than just doing our "jobs".<br />You guys are not "weird". :)Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00616238682696645579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275597446532773244.post-17883815098371856592012-03-30T04:01:28.055+01:002012-03-30T04:01:28.055+01:00That is very much how my relationship is with my h...That is very much how my relationship is with my husband. We are also in full-time ministry, and although I stay at home more than he does, I am very involved in the ministry and he is very involved in our home life. It's funny because his parents are very traditional when it comes to gender roles, so my husband gets a lot of raised eyebrows from them when he is "caught" washing dishes and folding laundry, but we just laugh about it.Amanda Medlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433272590098409643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275597446532773244.post-77210292276214154702012-03-29T23:50:20.615+01:002012-03-29T23:50:20.615+01:00you're not alone, that is how we parent/our ma...you're not alone, that is how we parent/our marriage is set up, also. (I had no idea there was an entire book out there about it though!)<br /><br />(also hi, I'm a new reader, nice to "meet" you. :))Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04313651557737242622noreply@blogger.com