Your child has just been born, and you as a mother or father are torn between going back to work, or taking a maternity leave to be with your baby in its first months of life. Your child’s first few months are the most important, and this is when they learn the most. But, when you have one income for the family, and you have just had a new baby, things will get rough. Women of our age are told from the time they are young that we are so lucky to have more options to just cleaning, cooking, and taking care of the babies. But, would you want to be there for your child? To make this decision, the parents should think about whether they want to be there for their child’s first months or whether they want the extra money coming in. Statistics show that today fewer than 16 percent of American families have a full-time housewife-mother (Hekker 244). There are many satisfactions of becoming a house-wife. One of them, and I feel the most important, is the feeling of security you would give your child. Security brings and breeds trust. Being able to spend time with your child, and not having to rush home to do things, then only getting minimal time only makes them wonder where or who their parents really are Being with your child all day long, can in return make you feel younger. You can also be your child’s first teacher, and teach them the basics of life, sing songs and enjoy nature. Many moms enjoy the challenge of teaching their babies their first word, to sing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, or to recite their ABC’s and 123’s.
Being a mom is an amazing thing in life, with all the exclusive feelings and experiences that go with it. These exclusive feelings and experiences make this argument exceptionally heated. Everybody struggles, and everybody envies what the other has, this is inevitable. People are just naturally jealous. It like the old saying, the grass is always greener on the other side. The working mom wishes she had