Motherhood vs. Career
Makayla Jackson
Advance Composition
Motherhood or Career: You Decide
I’m every woman
Ring! Ring! Ring! Sarah alarm awakes her every morning at 5:45 am. She lays in her bed counting down the number of days left in the week. She starts her day off with a cup of coffee before she wakes her children for breakfast. She apologizes to her children as she wakes them up to this continuously active schedule. The child attends a prominent day care center that has a staff that really cares about the children. “In the United States today, more than half of mothers with young children work, compared to 30 percent in the 1970’s”(American Academy of Pediatrics, 1999). Despite the staff being wonderful, she knows that no one will take the palace of her being will take the place of her being with her children. On the other hand, Katie a mother of three children starts of her day similar to Sarah. Katie wakes up at 6 am to a cup of coffee; she reviews the schedule she has planned for the children that day. She wakes the children up to breakfast at 7:30am. She made a decision once she had children to home school them. A Study shows that the more hours a mother works the “lower the child’s language development and academic achievement…” (Associated Press, 1999). While the language difference diminished it never completely disappeared.
Who is the better mother of these two women? Society believes katie is considered being the better mother for staying home with her children. Doing so her definition of being a good mother is determined whether a mother has a career or not? Plenty of people will base their answer off the two scenarios given. The only difference between Katie and Sarah is their schedules. They both have children, who they seem to care about. Katie and Sarah both are making sure their children are being introduced to education. Sarah sends her children to school, while Katie home schools her children. Katie should not be considered the
Advance Composition
Motherhood or Career: You Decide
I’m every woman
Ring! Ring! Ring! Sarah alarm awakes her every morning at 5:45 am. She lays in her bed counting down the number of days left in the week. She starts her day off with a cup of coffee before she wakes her children for breakfast. She apologizes to her children as she wakes them up to this continuously active schedule. The child attends a prominent day care center that has a staff that really cares about the children. “In the United States today, more than half of mothers with young children work, compared to 30 percent in the 1970’s”(American Academy of Pediatrics, 1999). Despite the staff being wonderful, she knows that no one will take the palace of her being will take the place of her being with her children. On the other hand, Katie a mother of three children starts of her day similar to Sarah. Katie wakes up at 6 am to a cup of coffee; she reviews the schedule she has planned for the children that day. She wakes the children up to breakfast at 7:30am. She made a decision once she had children to home school them. A Study shows that the more hours a mother works the “lower the child’s language development and academic achievement…” (Associated Press, 1999). While the language difference diminished it never completely disappeared.
Who is the better mother of these two women? Society believes katie is considered being the better mother for staying home with her children. Doing so her definition of being a good mother is determined whether a mother has a career or not? Plenty of people will base their answer off the two scenarios given. The only difference between Katie and Sarah is their schedules. They both have children, who they seem to care about. Katie and Sarah both are making sure their children are being introduced to education. Sarah sends her children to school, while Katie home schools her children. Katie should not be considered the
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