Stay at home, Mother More recently, women have been seen taking a step outside of the “traditional” stay-at-home mother position and into the workforce. But is having two working parents too much for growing infants? With obstacles like finances, stress, and ******
When coming out of college and beginning stages of adulthood, many people choose to settle down and start families. Before this period of time, though, a lot of these soon-to-be parents are working hard to provide for themselves and their future. But often, this time of building a strong base overlaps with the time of a child’s arrival, and if the parent chooses to continue to work, part of a necessary devotion is drawn away from the growing infant. In an online article …show more content…
As both parents work, loss of communication, extreme busyness, and general frustration have a higher chance of building up, causing even more conflict. Found often in the novel “The Child from Five to Ten” by Arnold Gesell, Frances L. Ilg, and Louise Bates Ames, examples of discipline amongst children are provided. Not only in relation to child misbehaviors, but parental attitude. Gesell writes, “When an adult pits himself against a child for the mere sake of preserving authority, no good follows” (392). Given circumstances, parents must display dominance in situations of right and wrong when children are learning to grow. But with factors regarding financial stress or frustration, these working parents may find release in discipline and punishment against their children. Following up with similar context, Gesell states, “In all disciplinary situations the adult must keep an eye on himself as well as on the child” (392). Same concept as described previously: often times hassles and hardships dealt by working parents push moral discipline out of mind and exasperation or irritation take over. Full-time working parents struggling to keep morals and benefits in tact for their children while also juggling finances and payments, along with keeping the family environment happy and healthy is an obviously challenging task, with every outcome affecting the child’s
When coming out of college and beginning stages of adulthood, many people choose to settle down and start families. Before this period of time, though, a lot of these soon-to-be parents are working hard to provide for themselves and their future. But often, this time of building a strong base overlaps with the time of a child’s arrival, and if the parent chooses to continue to work, part of a necessary devotion is drawn away from the growing infant. In an online article …show more content…
As both parents work, loss of communication, extreme busyness, and general frustration have a higher chance of building up, causing even more conflict. Found often in the novel “The Child from Five to Ten” by Arnold Gesell, Frances L. Ilg, and Louise Bates Ames, examples of discipline amongst children are provided. Not only in relation to child misbehaviors, but parental attitude. Gesell writes, “When an adult pits himself against a child for the mere sake of preserving authority, no good follows” (392). Given circumstances, parents must display dominance in situations of right and wrong when children are learning to grow. But with factors regarding financial stress or frustration, these working parents may find release in discipline and punishment against their children. Following up with similar context, Gesell states, “In all disciplinary situations the adult must keep an eye on himself as well as on the child” (392). Same concept as described previously: often times hassles and hardships dealt by working parents push moral discipline out of mind and exasperation or irritation take over. Full-time working parents struggling to keep morals and benefits in tact for their children while also juggling finances and payments, along with keeping the family environment happy and healthy is an obviously challenging task, with every outcome affecting the child’s