{"id":670,"date":"2010-02-25T21:38:23","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T16:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/dad\/?p=670"},"modified":"2010-02-25T21:38:23","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T16:08:23","slug":"supporting-the-homemaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/2010\/02\/supporting-the-homemaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting the Homemaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This one is about how to be a good partner to your stay-at-home spouse.\u00a0 Steve at BripBlap has posted an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bripblap.com\/2007\/how-to-be-a-good-partner-to-a-stay-at-home-spouse\/\" target=\"_blank\">excellent writeup<\/a> on the subject that covers his ten tips on what you can do.\u00a0 It not only includes a simple explanation of what each suggestion refers to, but also deals with the problems that ensue and offers solutions to them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What more can you ask for, really?\u00a0 All that&#8217;s left to do is implement.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the list in brief:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1. Don\u2019t \u2018decompress\u2019 for an hour after you get home.<br \/>\n2. Take care of chores without \u2018dividing them up.\u2019<br \/>\n3. Give the gift of break time.<br \/>\n4. Don\u2019t be selfish with your own \u2018me time.\u2019<br \/>\n5. Remember you are less expert in your child\u2019s moods and needs.<br \/>\n6. Back off.<br \/>\n7. Don\u2019t bring work home.<br \/>\n8. Try not to undermine \u2018wind-down\u2019 time.<br \/>\n9. Turn it off.<br \/>\n10. Remember that this is a team effort.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bripblap.com\/2007\/how-to-be-a-good-partner-to-a-stay-at-home-spouse\/\" target=\"_blank\">entire piece<\/a>; it&#8217;s well worth the time.\u00a0 In the end, you\u2019ll surely be happier if you have a relaxed spouse and happy kid(s)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This one is about how to be a good partner to your stay-at-home spouse.\u00a0 Steve at BripBlap has posted an excellent writeup on the subject<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-better-parenting"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}