Case Study: Toughest Work

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Alyssa Folkers
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12 December 2015
Toughest Job “If a woman can’t stay at home with her kids, then maybe she just shouldn’t have them!”(Brennan). Heidi Brennan is a stay at home mom who believes if a woman were to have children, her number one priority should be to take care of her children and not have to worry about anything else. On the other hand there are other mothers who have no support and have to work to give their child or children what they need. Making the decision to stay home with your kids or join the workforce can be a difficult process. For a lot of parents it is damaging for them to be away from their kids for more than a few hours a day, and that is a big reason why we have stay at home moms. Research
Peters she argues that mothers should work outside the home and men must take half the responsibility for child care, in order to create a richer parenting experience, stronger marriages, and happier children. "If the child is mothered by a parent who is feeling frustrated and depressed and empty, that is not a good thing,"(Dr.Phil) A happy child brings a happy mother and a happy mother brings a happy family. With a child growing up he or she needs to be in a positive environment. If they are around a negative environment they could grow up to be scarred for the rest of their life and sometimes not be as successful later on in their future. A working mom definitely keeps everything on track and with everything on track keeps everyone happy. One of the main reasons moms keep working is to keep the family good financially but working also really benefits the mother as well. When a mother has a child her hopes and dreams for a career shouldn’t be thrown out the door, she should still be able to pursue them. So a working mom could be either trying to keep working or either working on trying to get themselves better educated and pursuing their future career by going to college. There is a lot of help for woman who are pregnant or who have children that are trying to make it in college. From all the mothers out there nearly three quarters of all mothers are in the labor

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