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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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The Question About Whether Mothers Should Work is Misleading
This Question is Indeed Misleading
"Should mothers work?" is most definitely a misleading question simply because mothers are already workers. The question should instead be, "Should mothers work two jobs?" If a mother finds it necessary to have a paying career in order to maintain her confidence, happiness, etc., then perhaps she should simply be a career-woman and not a mother. The job of a mother requires 100% of a woman's devotion, energy, and passion. The mother's duty is not just raising some kids when she has the time, it is guiding young human beings along the path of becoming adults. This job comes with its own rewarding payment of raising strong, capable, respectable individuals. Working another career spreads the woman too thin - her work at the office will not receive 100% of her effort, and neither will her children. All in all, adding a career on top of mothering is equivalent to pulling two full-time jobs.
- kas43091
February 17, 2009 8:27PM
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100% is a misleading number
You say that a mother's job requires 100% of her devotion, but I disagree. If a mother had to put 100% into her job in rasing her children, she would not be able to do anything else, including a job. While if one decides to to become a mother, that should be a priority, children do not need rasing for very long. 18 years seems like a long time to the child, but really by the age of 12 a child is branching off to become an individual person. Plus, I believe it is impossible to put 100% into anything because in order to do this, one would have to drive everything else from thier mind besides that task. I don't believe that anyone can do that or that they would want to. One should not have to make the decision to become a mother OR a career woman. If she wants both, and she puts effort into both, she should have both.
- Shay
March 1, 2009 5:38PM
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