Crestview Dividing Housework and Childcare

300 WORDS Describe how you envision dividing housework and childcare (if you plan on having children) with your partner. If you are already live with a partner, discuss how housework and childcare (if applicable) are currently handled. Consider the following questions when creating your response:

• Is fairness important (equal time invested)? What if someone consistently invests more time than the other – would that be an issue?
• Will the work be gendered (females cleaning and cooking while males tend to cars and yard work)? How will the tasks be divided (who will do what)?
• Will someone do more housework based on employment or income?

POSTS TO RESPOND TO:

POST1: Child care, and housework when I have children with my partner would consist of 50/50. In other words, my partner and I will be taking turns with the housework and child care. It will be equal for both of us, and we can even help each other with the house cleaning and errands. A lot of couples in the Latino community, the male would work and the women would cook, and take care of the children. Sometimes it becomes a problem because it takes a toll emotionally on the women, and I have seen men claiming they are doing a lot more than the women and then it becomes a critical issue during their relationship. It can become an issue because if one partner does a lot more, it will be unfair for the other partner. The work will be divided in a random manner. In my home, the work will not be divided into a gender matter. My future husband will cook, clean, tend for the children and I will also break the norm of ‘gendered’ work. It will be equally fun for both of us so we can change the routine. One week I can tend of the children, and the next week I can focus on general chores/housework. My partner and I will probably work, so the income doesn’t really matter. Unless one of us doesn’t have a job at the moment, well they can focus on the children and the house chores. If I were jobless and my future husband would be working I would be willing to clean and cook. I would feel productive and I would 100% understand that my husband comes tired from work. It all depends on the situation, but if both of us have a job we would work together. That’s how the jobs get done easily.