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Guy Tai Shanghai
Dads on the Air
English - January 10, 2024 22:00 - 9.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsKids & Family fathers dads men boys male family law child support domestic Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
With special guest:
Eric Johnson
… in conversation with Bill Kable
The number of American men who have completely left the workforce to raise children has more than doubled over the past decade according to a New York Times report on census data. And many others serve as primary caretakers for their families while maintaining freelance or part-time jobs.
This situation is reflected in cosmopolitan cities around the world where expat wives are taking up new jobs and bringing with them their families. In previous times it was usually the men who arrived in foreign cities to start work and their wives were labelled Tai Tais or trailing wives. These Tai Tais were unlikely to find work because of visa restrictions and language barriers so they dedicated themselves to running the home, perhaps with some domestic help.