critical ,nurture, equally shared parenting, gender convergence, extended ,benefits, enormous, contributes, financial burden, finances 1. Mr Long has found that his wife receives a great deal of love when he _________ to chores. 2. In fact child care seems to have some important ___________________ for young children. 3. Ho Xuan Huong was a female poet who was _____________ of gender inequality. 4. Ties with the _______________________ family are generally very close. 5. Mothers play a/an ____________ role in the lives of their children and the bond is very strong. 6. Fathers and mothers who follow _________ have made a conscious decision to share equally in the raising of their children, household chores, breadwinning, and time for recreation. 7. Overall, women’s time in domestic work has been declining and we see a slow but continuing trend of ________________ in work time and the domestic division of labour. 8. My mother goes to work too and does everything else including all the _______ laundry, cleaning, and child care. 9. More than one-fourth of American families faced _________________ due to medical costs. 10. When your child was young, your role was to _______________ and guide him.