I would also like to see this happen, but the developed world as a whole seems to be moving away from single working parents. Even across very different cultures. I’d like to see a change, but I’m not sure how it could happen.
The closest thing we have is the stay at home working parent, which has grown after COVID. This is a lot better than neither parent being at home, but unless it’s a very easy job, they still won’t be able to supervise much. I also think some of these newer “email jobs” are facing competition from overseas workers and AI. Unless politicians learn to find value in having a stay at home parent, and supporting that through policy, these jobs may go away as quickly as they arrived.
I think the stay-at-home working parent idea is a good one as a transition stage, but ultimately this is a large problem that'll require years of reforms and fundamental changes to accomplish - a plurality of society must be on board and willing to sacrifice to make it happen, because employers never will be despite the research data showing the benefits of these approaches.
It's hard playing the long game, but we need more folks to do it. The big, important problems of life are never solved in a single fiscal year, after all.
The closest thing we have is the stay at home working parent, which has grown after COVID. This is a lot better than neither parent being at home, but unless it’s a very easy job, they still won’t be able to supervise much. I also think some of these newer “email jobs” are facing competition from overseas workers and AI. Unless politicians learn to find value in having a stay at home parent, and supporting that through policy, these jobs may go away as quickly as they arrived.