rainbowgirl28
03-07-2008, 09:37 AM
http://www.boundless.org/2005/articles/a0001697.cfm
The truth, I've since found out, is very different. A study by Pew Research found that only 10 percent of stay-at-home moms think that a full-time employed mom is the best situation for children — hardly a surprise. What was a surprise to me is what working mothers think — only 11 percent of them believe that a full-time working mom is the best situation for children. The two groups, portrayed to be at war with each other, really have very similar ideas as to what is best for children. It seems that God has given women — all women — something that draws them to their children.
Those numbers got me to wondering two things. First, why hadn't I ever heard this before? For years, I had been encouraged by educators, the media and the "women's movement" to choose a career and pursue it vigorously. Why hadn't they told me that, when children arrive, almost 90 percent of working moms find that full-time careers are no longer the ideal situation?
And second, why the disconnect? If both groups of women generally agree about what is best, why aren't we doing the same thing? The answer, for most of the moms I talk with, is money.
The truth, I've since found out, is very different. A study by Pew Research found that only 10 percent of stay-at-home moms think that a full-time employed mom is the best situation for children — hardly a surprise. What was a surprise to me is what working mothers think — only 11 percent of them believe that a full-time working mom is the best situation for children. The two groups, portrayed to be at war with each other, really have very similar ideas as to what is best for children. It seems that God has given women — all women — something that draws them to their children.
Those numbers got me to wondering two things. First, why hadn't I ever heard this before? For years, I had been encouraged by educators, the media and the "women's movement" to choose a career and pursue it vigorously. Why hadn't they told me that, when children arrive, almost 90 percent of working moms find that full-time careers are no longer the ideal situation?
And second, why the disconnect? If both groups of women generally agree about what is best, why aren't we doing the same thing? The answer, for most of the moms I talk with, is money.