My husband quit his high-paying job to be a ‘tradwife’ and he’s great at it — I should know, I used to be one
NY Post
Cooking, cleaning, corralling the kids — it sounds like the to-do list of a modern-day Cinderella.
But, instead, that’s stay-at-home dad Kerry Johnson’s new daily routine. In September, the Utah father of six ditched a high-paying job — which forced him to work 60-hour weeks — to live the life of a “tradwife.”
And not only does the millennial former health care administrator of nearly two decades love his new role as “tradhusband” — he even credits the Mr. Mom-like move with saving his marriage.
“I take a lot of pride in being a homemaker,” Kerry, 39, told The Post. “I’m able to provide for my wife and kids in this new way — I get to ensure that they’re going out their door as their best selves.”
Going from being the breadwinners to bread-makers, husbands like Kerry are joining the likes of buzzy, busy traditional (or “trad”) wives such as Nara Smith, Gretchen Adler and Ballerina Farm’s Hannah Neeleman.
They’re the viral leaders of the make-it-from-scratch, greet-your-man-with-a-martini movement — the gals who’ve chosen to forgo the workforce to, instead, bring up their broods and cater to the kings of their castles.
