[speaker001:] well Nancy what do you think um some of the changes in roles of women are in American society in the past generation or two
[speaker002:] well of course working
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] that's definitely got to be the biggest thing is that everybody's out there working
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] including me well what do you think it is
[speaker001:] um-hum um yeah I agree I also think that there are more um the people are women stay single longer it seems like
[speaker002:] yeah yes they do yeah they do
[speaker001:] yeah I know my mother and her sister were both married by the time they were twenty and I waited until I was thirty two so
[speaker002:] right uh-huh yeah
[speaker001:] you know um I know that
[speaker002:] yeah that's true it's a big change I'm an OB nurse and so I really do see what you're saying there
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] it used to be that our list ran nineteen twenty twenty one for our patients' ages and now our care plans look more like thirty two thirty three if we get somebody twenty one we go oh look how young so yeah you're right there's a big change and we have a lot of first time moms in their late thirties and even forties
[speaker001:] uh-huh yeah uh-huh
[speaker002:] so that's true but again I guess it probably does go back to the same thing of women having careers
[speaker001:] yeah um-hum
[speaker002:] if they didn't have if they weren't out there working and having their careers they probably would be married and having their children so I guess it's a combination
[speaker001:] yeah yeah yeah seems like there uh-huh go ahead
[speaker002:] no go on
[speaker001:] oh it just seems like there are more single mothers too I mean that's there're a lot of
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] either divorced or um you know never been married so
[speaker002:] yeah yeah yeah there's a lot of mixed up families that's for sure yeah
[speaker001:] yeah I agree well what do you think have been the most significant changes in the past generation or so
[speaker002:] well just that I think the families the the role in the family and the mother doesn't stay home and cook the dinner take care of the children
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] um we do it all I really think that and I know that there's a lot more participation by the fathers but I still think the mothers
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] have the major role I really do I think they're just
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] they're not doing very much less I don't think as far as the kids and and the house and everything are concerned not from what I see and and they're contributing to the income besides
[speaker001:] yeah yeah uh-huh
[speaker002:] I think that we're really really putting a lot of stress on ourselves
[speaker001:] um-hum yeah and it really it's affecting the families you know for mothers not not to be home and yet you know um
[speaker002:] oh it is
[speaker001:] I mean I I don't blame anybody when they have to work because um yeah
[speaker002:] yeah yeah it's it's difficult and I think that I live in Plano actually so
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] it's very wealthy town and we're not part of that but I it is you know and I think what I see a lot of parents a lot of mothers working just for bigger and better
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] and I really hate that you know I hate to see that and and I've been here for a very long time
[speaker001:] um-hum um-hum
[speaker002:] but um I don't know now I'm a single parent and I don't have a choice anymore but
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] I used to just work occasionally for extra money but now I have to work all the time and that's really hard and and I don't know how a mother does just choose to go out to work and
[speaker001:] um-hum yeah
[speaker002:] and leave the kids in a way it's good it's very good to get out with adults and I think that's a good thing if you can do it part time but to just go out there forty hours a week at least and
[speaker001:] um-hum yeah
[speaker002:] and work and and leave your kids to get home from school alone and that kind of thing I think that's not very smart I think that's difficult on them so
[speaker001:] um-hum yeah well what do you think's gonna happen in the next generation you think it'll continue yeah
[speaker002:] well it's gonna be interesting I yeah I think it will change but I'm not sure how it's going to because I see young people today and wonder how in the world they'll ever afford to buy a home and and to raise a family I don't know how they're gonna do it
[speaker001:] um-hum um-hum
[speaker002:] and so I don't know how it can change to where the mother can get back into the home again I don't think that ever will go backwards
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] but I don't know what effect it's gonna have on these kids now when they grow up how they're gonna feel about it
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] it you know it could lead to another Woodstock type thing you know where where there's just too much material things and and maybe these kids will really resent that their parents are out there working for things
[speaker001:] yeah um-hum
[speaker002:] and they might wanna do without things rather than do that to their families it's hard to say
[speaker001:] yeah um-hum yeah it is I think some I don't know how many you know what percentage but some are will move back toward more traditional lifestyle of staying home with the children I guess I see that happening already
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] some choosing it and and they get you know there're people chide them for it you know why aren't you out