A recent article I have read from CNN talked about the
effects a working mother may have on their kid.
A Harvard professor and her colleagues studied 50,000 people to see the
effects of having a working mother in the household. The research found that daughters of working
mothers earned 23% more than daughters who had stay at home moms. It also stated that daughters of working
mothers were less likely to accept the idea of husbands being the breadwinners
and the wives being the house workers.
As for the effect it has on men, the men who grew up with working
mothers spent 7.5 hours more on childcare per week, and they were more likely
to have a wife that worked. The sharing
of the household chores and childcare give their wives more time to pursue
their careers as opposed to just being stay at home mothers. Despite the findings of the research, the
percent of unemployed mothers has risen from 23% to 29% from 1999 to 2012,
respectively. This may have been due to
the recession, and it is hoped that more mothers are seen in the workplace.
The article “The Mommy Tax” talks about the effects that
having kids can have on a family. It
states, “My annual income after leaving the paper has averaged roughly $15,000,
from part-time freelance writing. Very conservatively, I lost between $600,000
and $700,000.” (Crittenden 367). Prior
to having kids, the speaker was making roughly $50,000 a year, and the effect
having kids had on her stacked up to hundreds of thousands of dollars. The article sparks the question on what
should mothers do? Should they stay at
home and be with their kids, or should they work and hire somebody to watch the
kids. Both the Harvard studies and
Crittenden article lean more to the side that mothers should be working, and
they cover the monetary aspect and the effect that it has personally on the kids. If you could have kids, work, make money and
have positive effects on your children, it seems like an easy decision.
"Chore Wars” poses questions from the point of view of a
mother who is waiting for her husband to come home from work. The mother is staring at the clock with
anger, asking herself if she’s going to have to do everything by herself or if
her husband is actually going to help.
However, mothers working and splitting chores could help prevent
situations like this. The fairest way to
do things, after all, is to split them up equally. With parents splitting the load of making
money, raising kids, and taking care of the home, there wouldn’t be much for
anybody to complain about because the mother and father essentially are doing
the same amount of work. That is the way
I personally think things should be done, and most sources are supporting the
fact that splitting things up evenly has the most benefits on the mother,
father, and kids.
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