e rewards of the other's lifestyle. The key to reducing conflict is to recognize that each role has differing costs and rewards (Kovatch 3). It is also important for the husband and wife to empathize with each other. They need to see that each of them are making sacrifices and that neither job is all fun and exciting all of the time. Most importantly, the couple needs to reaffirm regularly that they both believe that the lifestyle that they have chosen is the best thing for their family (Berg 52). More than ever before, with the pressures of both partners' working added to the normal stresses of a marriage relationship, couples need help. Marriage has never been easy, but when a mother goes to work, even the best marriage can fail miserably. To maintain a successful marriage it is essential that God's principles guide the relationship. (Moster 89)Being a stay-at-home mom is one of the most contestable occupations that a woman can choose today (Burton, Ditmer, and Loveless 25). Women are divided on this issue. Some say that stay-at-home moms "have set the women's movement back." There are some that say stay-at-home moms are lazy and do not accomplish anything while staying at home. Some families are even jealous because they see another family with a stay-at-home mom and wish that they could make that work for themselves (Burton, Ditmer, and Loveless 2). Today, Americans have different expectations for women. They expect women to be "super-moms" and balance a career and a family. Society makes women feel inadequate if they are only a homemaker. But, women have different expectations for themselves than different generations (Kovatch 1). "Knowing that they could be successful almost anywhere, [women] are choosing success at home. (Burton, Ditmer, and Loveless 20). Women are staying at home because they want to stay home. Most women who stay home are not miserably "stuck" there. The reason that mothers are choosing to stay ho...
