Sunday, September 26, 2010
Single Mothers
"It is impossible for a mother to have a job and take care of a family." This statement was the one that had the biggest effect on me. I went to an all girl high school that instilled empowerment in our minds. The teachers encouraged us to believe that we could do just as much with a man than we could without a man. Also, my mom has been a single, full-time working parent for 15 years. Therefore, I strongly disagree that it is impossible for a mother to raise a family and have a job at the same time. Yes, it might be a difficult task for a mother to devote time to her job, her family, and her social life, but it in many cases has proven to stray from the word impossible. For instance, my mom works twelve hours a day, five times a week, and both my brother and my sister have graduated college, never gotten in big trouble, and are successful with their careers. After managing to do all of this, she has also found time to go out on the weekends with her friends. I love my mom to death, but she is an ordinary woman, therefore any other female has the potential to achieve just as much as she has.
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I strongly agree with Kara. My mother has also been a single mother for over ten years and she has done her complete best to raise me and provide me with the perfect essentials in order for me to succeed. Although there are always rough spots for her for being on her own, she has never given up. She successfully raised three children and most of the time skipped her own meal in order for us to all eat. And I say if my mother can do it, anybody esle's mother can to.
ReplyDeleteIt may be hard, but it's not impossible. I completely agree with the post as well as the second comment. It has to be tough raising a family as a single mother on one salary and have no time to work and spend time with the children but i do know moms who have done great jobs raising their families. There maybe times when government aid will be needed but that doesn't mean the mother isn't doing her best. As long as her family is healthy and educated, i can only imagine that's all she could want.
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