00:00Historically, moms are usually the ones that end up putting their careers on hold and staying
00:04home after having kids.
00:05But things might be changing, albeit slowly.
00:08That's according to a new Pew Research Center study that has found around 20% of stay-at-home
00:12parents are now dads.
00:14That's way up from 1989, growing from just 11% in the last 30 years.
00:19Experts say they attribute this change to a change in the income earning dynamic between
00:23parents.
00:24With assistant professor at Brigham Young University's School of Family Life, Jocelyn
00:27Wickle telling The Hill, quote,
00:29Women's earning potential has risen considerably over this time, as their educational attainment
00:34has steadily increased.
00:35And this will likely continue to change given that women have increasingly outpaced men
00:39with regards to higher education for years as well.
00:41With the U.S. Census Bureau reporting in 2021 that while 46.9% of men 25 or older had completed
00:47a bachelor's degree, that's compared to 53.1% of women amongst the same age cohort.
00:53And women now make up some 35% of workers in the highest paying fields.
00:57That's up 22% from 1980.
00:59Meanwhile, due to events like COVID keeping more parents at home during their workday,
01:03it's likely helped create somewhat of a cultural shift, changing the way we see moms and dads
01:07and their roles in the home.
