Working Parents

In class Monday we talked about working parents. One thing that I found very interesting that Brother Williams told us was about a family who was actually wasn't earning any more money by having the mother work as well. The parents believed that because now that there were earning more money with the mother working the could do more stuff. Their sons could do more sports and other activities. Of course they would sometimes grab some fast-food dinner between all their activities. When all their costs were added up, the wife's whole paycheck had been spent. She was working and losing time she could spend with her children for almost no reason. I found this very interesting because I had never thought about this, people believe that because they have two incomes they can spend more. But in reality, they are spending more than they should be.