Working Mothers Carrie Grubb Axia College of University of Phoenix Working Mothers In previous generations, women had one role to accomplish; to care for their children. As mothers, women were required to play the role of June Cleaver. Mothers need to care for the children and keep the home in smooth working order. After many protests, women wanted to empower their equal rights, and become career women. Thanks to women’s perseverance, today women are able to work, and be just as qualified as men in their careers. Yet, there is still the debate over whether mothers should work, or be stay-at- home mothers. There are obvious disadvantages to children having a working mother, but there are not so obvious advantages. Working
Though the mother may offer social insight, the different personalities of the children in daycare can prepare them for future social settings. When mothers work the lack of parental guidance not only affects smaller children, but also older children. Studies have shown that the lack of parental guidance contributes to troubled teens. When mothers work, children have about three hours of unsupervised attention a day. These hours that a mother is gone, leads to bad behavior. Bad behavior can lead to drugs and alcohol. Working mothers do have a disadvantage to their families. In addition to the thought that they lack social skills, and parental guidance, there have been issues of guilt from mothers. Critics have stated that mothers often feel they will miss milestones of their children’s lives. Actually there are many milestones a mother can experience as the child gets older. Mothers need to understand that it is not important to witness every first, but to witness what they have eventually accomplished. Socialization is not the lack of parental guidance; it is just the facts of life. There is another side of the debate of working mothers or stay-home mothers. If mothers choose to work full-time, she can not fulfill her duties as a mother. Mothers may be accused of being selfish and unloving to her children. In fact, it is the opposite. A mother who chooses to work shows her children they can accomplish anything under any