I belong to one of the couple types that Hanna Rosin described in her recent piece on breadwinner wives in Slate magazine—the one where the “woman is a born workaholic and the man lives a slower pace”. Although it is more complex than those labels, I have nevertheless lived a version of that story for about twenty years.
I’m a professor, researcher and author; my husband is a naturopathic doctor / acupuncturist whose work schedule goes up and down depending on the economy. We have raised three children together (one is now 20, and the twins are 16 years old).
I have also spent twenty years researching and writing about the changing stories of breadwinning mothers and primary caregiving fathers.
*Photo credits: Mom and Dad (Flying a Kite), courtesy of one of my daughters (at age 5)