Now, we move on to the next healthy marriage traits which is sharing of responsibilities

Traditionally, for every culture, husband and wife have certain roles and responsibilities expected by the community. For example, the man is expected to work to put food on the table and put a roof above, while the woman is expected to do the housekeeping and attends to the kid’s affair.

However, such norms is mostly outdated.

Nowadays, couples are educated and most of them are working to jointly support the household finances. Therefore , many of the responsibilities need to be divided and allocated through discussion and mutual agreement. A win-win formula based on the principle of “Give and Take” need to be reached so that both would take up their task willingly and cheerfully. For example, I ( as the husband ) would be working full time, fetches the kids occasionally, remove the household trash, doing household repairs, gets involve in my teenage children’s life, organize family holidays, leads the family prayers and many more.

So below is an educational video by Focus on the Family Malaysia on this important area of Shared Responsibilities

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