Is the chief intention of the man of the household – the flourishing of relationships, especially spousal and parental – essentially tied to work in the home? This is a central issue about which we should be concerned. A husband and wife of the Middle Ages at work on their cabinetry workshop. The work of historian Christopher Lasch (Haven in a Heartless World: The Family Besieged) and others points, in any case, to a key lesson from the last two hundred years. History see…
