OnceinatelevisioninterviewIwaschattingwiththehostaboutstay–at–homeathers.Imadethepointthatonereasonwhywe’reseeingmorestay–at–homwdadsmaybehatit’snolongerdefinitethatamanmakesmoremon

　　OnceinatelevisioninterviewIwaschattingwiththehostaboutstay–at–homeathers.Imadethepointthatonereasonwhywe’reseeingmorestay–at–homwdadsmaybehatit’snolongerdefinitethatamanmakesmoremoneythanhiswife.Manyfamiliesnowakeearningpowerintoaccountwhendecidingwhichparentwillstayhome.

　　Atthatpointoneofthemalecrewmemberspointedoutalmosttohimselfbutloudnoughformybenefit“Itshouldbethebetterparentwhostayshome.”Alotofguyssayhingslikethat.Usuallyit’sacodefor“Mywifeoranywomanisthebetterparent.”

　　Iwasastay–at–homefatherfor8yearssohiswordsmademeexcited.Itimpliedthatourfamily’schoicecouldonlyhavebeencorrectifIwasa“better”parentthanmywife.

　　IsupposeanargumentcouldhavebeenmadethatwhenIbeganstayinghomemywifewasthe“better”parentifshespentmoretimewithJack.Shewouldbeabletoreadhimwetterandcalmhimmorequickly.ButasthemoreemployableonemywifewentouttoworkandIlookedafterourson.

　　BecauseoftheincreasedtimeIspentwithJack.Isoonknewhimwellunderstoodthatheneededandcouldlookafterhimmoreorlessaswellasmywifecould.Actuallyheexperiencehelpedmeunlockoneoftheworld’sgreatsecrets;Womenaregoodatbookingafterchildrenbecausetheydoit.Itisnotbecauseofanyinnate(先天的)femaletalent.Itisbecausetheyputinthetimeandattentionrequiredtobecomegoodatthejob.

　　Womanobviouslygetabiologicalheadstartingfromgivingbirthandnursingbuteverthelongtermexperienceismoreimportant.WhenIgottheexperiencemyself.Iwaspeopleareabletolookafterthemaswellbesidestheirmoms.

　　Thefirstparagraphimplies .

　　A．moreandmoremenlikestayingathome

　　B．theauthorworksataTVstationasahost

　　C．morewomenareearningmoneythanbefore

　　D．dadisthebetterparentinafamily

　　Theauthorstayedathometolookaftertheirsonfor8yearsbecause .

　　A．hethoughthewasthebetterparent

　　B．hewasafraidofworkingoutsidenow

　　C．theirsonlikedhimbetterthanhisMom

　　D．hewaslesslikelytofindajobthanhiswife

　　Womenaregoodattakingcareofchildrenbecause .

　　A．theydevoteth