Many would say that Americans spend more on things they don't need than families did in the past. With a constantly growing housing market and education becoming increasingly important to a person's social class, however, Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi argue against this notion by saying that families spend more just to provide a home with a safe neighborhood and good conditions. school district to ensure a better future for their children. As they both state in Why Middle Class Mothers and Fathers are Going Broke, “For most middle-class parents, ensuring their children receive a decent education comes down to one thing: winning a house in the small subset of school districts who have managed to maintain a reputation for high quality and trust from parents” (Warren 406). Because of this growing need for a good education, as the economy changes and causes housing prices to rise, parents must find new ways to create an income to provide. Warren and Tyagi argue that this caused a “bidding war” and parents began the now common concept of a second income; “By the early 1980s, women's labor force participation had become a significant factor in determining whether a married couple could purchase a home” (Warren and Tyagi 409). As stated previously, for middle-class families this second household income represents the new common dynamic within social class classifications. Not everything is based on consumption, it could be argued that parents today will do anything to provide for their children, which makes families from the lower social classes have difficulty living as they cannot afford to live in poor housing communities with good schools that can provide a better future for them