Uh Huh. I have to wonder who's raising some of their kids? The local gang?
I may also add that if I had a daughter she would be learning how to change her own oil as well. Nothing wrong with that.
No one is raising the kids. While there is a legitimacy to the claim for necessity for a two income family, necessity in part comes down to decisions made by the family. Prior to the economy blowing itself apart, I knew many professional couples who both worked full time salaried positions (i.e. most often much longer hours than a hourly paid employee) because "they had to". Had to was subjective at best. They "had to" to support their life choices of a home they could barely afford, 2 SUVs, and glossy examples of the latest tech in home entertainment.
If (barring current economic conditions and rampant consumerism fueled by the inability to engage in delayed gratification and the narcissism attached to needing the latest whiz bang piece of tech in order to hop on the me too bandwagon) we could get by with one parent working full time and onen working just part time to provide a sufficient income for the family and allow for someone to actually be at home to raise the kids. When you look at childcare costs, there are cases where based on the lowest wage earner's income in a married couple it makes almost no sense for that lowest wage earnenr to be working when 2/3rds or more of their wages are going towards childcare. Is busting your hump in order to earn money that mostly goes to child care and have a little bit leftover for extra disposable income a wise choice in light of the other option being to cut back on expenditures and spend that time raising your child yourself rather than a daycare provider doing it for you?
My wife and I set up our purchasing decision for our home, cars, and other household durable goods on the assumption that at any given time only one of us might be working... which ended up happening when I was laid off 2 years ago and returned to school and was only able to pick up some piecemeal work on the weekends (since I had an 1.5 hour commute to classes).