OnceinatelevisioninterviewIwaschattingwiththehostaboutstay–at–home.Imadethepointthatonereasonwhywe’reseeingmorestay–at–homedadsmaybehatit’snolongerdefinitethatamanmakesmoremoneythanhiswife.Manyfamiliesnowtakeearningpowerintoaccountwhendecidingwhichparentwillstayhome.

Atthatpointoneofthemalecrewmemberspointedoutalmosttohimselfbutloudenoughformybenefit“Itshouldbethebetterparentwhostayshome.”Alotofguyssaythingslikethat.Usuallyit’sacodefor“Mywifeoranywomanisthebetterparent.”

Iwasastay–at–homefatherfor8yearssohiswordsmademeexcited.Itimpliedthatourfamily’schoicecouldonlyhavebeencorrectifIwasa“better”parentthanmywife.

IsupposeanargumentcouldhavebeenmadethatwhenIbeganstayinghomemywifewasthe“better”parentifshespentmoretimewithJack.Shewouldbeabletoreadhimwetterandcalmhimmorequickly.ButasthemoreemployableonemywifewentouttoworkandIlookedafterourson.

becauseoftheincreasedtimeIspentwithJack.Isoonknewhimwellunderstoodthatheneededandcouldlookafterhimmoreorlessaswellasmywifecould.Actuallyheexperiencehelpedmeunlockoneoftheworld’sgreatsecrets;Womenaregoodatbookingafterchildrenbecausetheydoit.Itisnotbecauseofanyinnate（先天的）femaletalent.Itisbecausetheyputinthetimeandattentionrequiredtobecomegoodatthejob.

Womanobviouslygetabiologicalheadstartingfromgivingbirthandnursingbuteverthelongtermexperienceismoreimportant.WhenIgottheexperiencemyself.Iwaspeopleareabletolookafterthemaswellbesidestheirmoms.

1．Thefirstparagraphimplies .

A．moreandmoremenlikestayingathome

B．theauthorworksataTVstationasahost

C．morewomenareearningmoneythanbefore

D．dadisthebetterparentinafamily

2．Theauthorstayedathometolookaftertheirsonfor8yearsbecause .

A．hethoughthewasthebetterparent

B．hewasafraidofworkingoutsidenow

C．theirsonlikedhimbetterthanhisMom

D．hewaslesslikelytofindajobthanhiswife

3．Womenaregoodattakingcareofchildrenbecause .

A．theydevot