The whole "dad works and mom stays home" thing is pretty well gone no matter what you do..
Tell that to my lazy wife.
The whole "dad works and mom stays home" thing is pretty well gone no matter what you do..
Most of those jobs which are done by hand are replaced by machines. And to get a simple job nowadays you immediately need high diploma's to get it.
Were you took a hammer and named yourselve carpenter, nowadays you quickly need proven knowledge (diploma) about construction. Were they almost all could live a decent life with dad working and mom at home, that's something that's hard to reach for most people, even with 2 or more jobs.
Leaving school at 15 with hardly any diploma's will most likely not bring you the life our grandparents had that way.
Times have changed. And it ain't always better.