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The fascination with Sarah Palin comes not only from her unexpected rise, but also from the fact that she is a mother of five, with one child under a year old. While Palin seeks the vice presidency, one of the most demanding jobs on Earth, more than 40 million American moms also balance jobs with motherhood. Do working moms have the best of both worlds, or are they potentially neglecting their children's best interests?
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Individual Circumstances Dictate Choices, But Loving Care Has Benefits
- From Carrie Lukas
By Carrie Lukas - Independent Women's Forum
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Extended Family
As the author of the argument stated “many families rely on extended family or close friends to provide care.” I know from a first hand experience that extended family’s care is close to being the same as a mother’s care. My mom, a new grandmother for five months, keeps my nephew during the day as my sister works. This care is not different than my sister’s care. If my mother reared my sister, wouldn’t my mom care my nephew the same way? Most mothers agree that they would choose their own mothers to care for their children than total strangers. Some media shows display the idea that women don’t want their children to be raised like the women were, but this is not want I have experienced. Most hard working women I know that have children admire their mothers and love to have their mothers take care of their own children.
- GraceG
February 11, 2009 8:36PM
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Other Viable Options
In today’s efforts to both support equal rights between men and women and the current state of the economy, it is no wonder that mothers are torn between staying at home with their children and getting a job outside of the home. I agree with the post in that the mother is providing for her children by getting a job by adding money and independence to a household. Because a child has a working mother does not mean that they will be raised poorly. A working mother has many options in which she can put her child in a safe and healthy environment. As the article stated, extended families and even the father of the child are both viable options. Mothers are not the only caregivers of a child.
- Natalie Marie
February 25, 2009 10:52AM
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