Who is the provider at home?

[Happy_LDS]

From the days of Adam, the Lord commanded him (the man) to provide for his family and has been the counsel of the Prophets that a man in good health should provide for the physical needs of the family (as well as spiritual). There is also a scripture in Doctrine and Covenants where state that women have the right to ask their husbands for this but I have some points for discussion:

1. In the "Proclamation for the Family" it states that both, husband and wife are the providers for the temporal needs of the family. So which one is it? Is it the man, is it the woman or both?

2. What about if the husband works hard but is unable to provide properly for his family and expects his wife to work outside in order to make ends meet?

3. What about those husbands who want to stay home with the children and have the wife working outside? (no health issues related).

[tragula]

From the days of Adam, the Lord commanded him (the man) to provide for his family and has been the counsel of the Prophets that a man in good health should provide for the physical needs of the family (as well as spiritual). There is also a scripture in Doctrine and Covenants where state that women have the right to ask their husbands for this but I have some points for discussion:

1. In the "Proclamation for the Family" it states that both, husband and wife are the providers for the temporal needs of the family. So which one is it? Is it the man, is it the woman or both?

2. What about if the husband works hard but is unable to provide properly for his family and expects his wife to work outside in order to make ends meet?

3. What about those husbands who want to stay home with the children and have the wife working outside? (no health issues related).

1.  By saying that both the husband and the wife are the providers for the temporal needs of the family, it does not necessarily follow, does it, that both provide for the temporal needs of the family in the same way?  In other words, maybe the father brings home the bacon, and the wife cooks it.

2.  That may depend upon individual cases.  Does the husband expect his wife to work outside the home in order to provide luxuries for the family or necessities?

3.  That is not according to the Lord's instructions.

[Sariah_Gift]

Both.

Just recently in my ward, a young stay home mom has to go now and get a job after her husband was diagnosed with a disease that won't allow him to work anymore.