{"id":14551,"date":"2020-09-05T16:34:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T14:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=14551"},"modified":"2020-09-09T13:37:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T11:37:37","slug":"should-stay-at-home-parents-be-paid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2020\/09\/should-stay-at-home-parents-be-paid\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Stay-at-Home Parents Be Paid?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At this time, many would agree that both parents should be employed to sustain one&#8217;s family&#8217;s needs. However, this isn&#8217;t the case for everybody. Some couples decide that one parent should remain at home to take care of the children and of course, the household chores and that one parent isn&#8217;t paid either by the government or by their respective spouses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been a much debated topic whether it is time to recognize the economic value of domestic labor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video below to further understand this topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Should Stay-At-Home Parents Be Paid?\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pwSccS2LR_I?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What do you think about domestic labor? Do you think it is a challenging job that needs to be paid? Why and why not?<\/li><li>What are the downsides of paying stay-at-home parents? Do you think more parents would rather stay at home and never work outside? Is it necessarily bad?<\/li><li>Do you think this idea would increase gender inequality?<\/li><li>Could we consider this idea an investment in children? <\/li><li>In your opinion, would you choose to be a stay-at-home parent? Would the possibility of a pay for such work affect your decision? <\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate At this time, many would agree that both parents should be employed to sustain one&#8217;s family&#8217;s needs. However, this isn&#8217;t the case for everybody. 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