In 2013, the number of stay-at-home mothers in the UK was 2.04 million, a decrease of 45,000 from the previous year; meanwhile, the number of men who quit their jobs to become stay-at-home fathers grew by five percent.
Adrienne Burgess, head of the UK Fatherhood Institute, told the Daily Mail: "More and more women are earning as much as, if not more than, men. Therefore, for some families, it makes more financial sense for the father to stay home and look after the children."
Nick Wilson, 45, has 4 children. He has quit his job as a primary school teacher: "We felt that one person should stay at home. Given that my salary was lower (than my wife's), I decided to resign. Although our total household income has decreased, I have more time to spend with my children, and it is still worth it."
According to Burgess, "The public is increasingly accepting that working women can also be good mothers, and men can be good fathers even if they are not the primary breadwinners."
