[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:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] That's definitely got to be [LAUGHTER] the biggest thing, is that everybody's out there working
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] including me [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] Well, what do you think it is?
[speaker001:] Um, yeah, I agree.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] I also think that there are more, um, the people are, women stay single longer it seems like.
[speaker002:] Yes, they do.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] Yeah, they do.
[speaker001:] I know my mother and her sister were both married by the time they were twenty
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] and I waited until I was thirty-two, so.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh, yeah.
[speaker001:] You know, um, I know that.
[speaker002:] Yeah, that's true. It's a big change. I'm an O B 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
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and if we get somebody twenty-one, we go, oh, look how young.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] 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.
[speaker002:] So, it's true.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] But again, I guess it probably does go back to the same thing of women having careers.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] If they didn't have, if they weren't out there working and having their careers
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] they probably would be married and having their children [LAUGHTER]. So.
[speaker001:] Yeah, yeah. Seems like there's.
[speaker002:] I guess it's a combination.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh, go ahead.
[speaker002:] No, go on.
[speaker001:] Uh, it just seems like there are more single mothers, too. I mean, that's, there're
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] a lot of, 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.
[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
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] take care of the children, um, we do it all [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] I really think that, and I know that there's a lot more participation by the fathers, but I still think the mothers have the major role.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] I really do. I think they're just, they're not doing very much less, I don't think as far as the kids and, and the house and everything
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] are concerned, not from what I see
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] and, and they're contributing to the income besides.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] I think that we're really, really putting a lot of stress on ourselves.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh, yeah, and it really, it's affecting the families
[speaker002:] Oh, it is.
[speaker001:] you know, for mothers not, not to be home, and yet, you know, um, I mean, I, I don't blame anybody when they have to work [LAUGHTER]
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] because, um, yeah.
[speaker002:] Yeah, it's, it's difficult, and I think that, I live in Plano actually, so
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] it's a very wealthy town, and we're not part of that, but, [LAUGHTER] 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:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and I really hate that
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] you know, I hate to see that, and I, I've been here for a very long time
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] but, um, I don't know, now I'm a single parent, and I don't have a choice any more
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] but I used to just work occasionally for extra money, but now I have to work all the time
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and that's really hard
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] and, and I don't know how a mother does just choose to go out to work, and, 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
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] part time. But to just go out there forty hours a week, at least and
[speaker001:] 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
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] difficult on them. So.
[speaker001:] Yeah. Well what do you think's going to happen in the next generation? You think it'll continue?
[speaker002:] Well, it's going to be interesting.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] Yeah, I think it will change, but I'm not sure how it's going to, because you see young people today and wonder how in the world they'll ever afford to buy a home and
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and to raise a family. I don't know how they're going to do it.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[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 that ever will go backwards
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] but I don't know what effect it's going to have on these kids now when they grow up, how they're going to feel about it.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] It, you know, it could lead to another Woodstock [LAUGHTER] type thing, you know, where
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] 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:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] they might want to do without things rather than do that to their families.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] It's hard to say.
[speaker001:] 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,