Sep
9
2008
Sarah Palin’s Children
Author: JoshThere is an enormous discussion that has erupted in the days since Sarah Palin was named the Republican VP running mate of John McCain. I’ve read articles and blogs cheering on her decision to breastfeed her new baby while on the campaign trail. If true, that is one of the best Baby Bargains and most beneficial to the baby we can all hope for. I’ve seen people questioning her decision to run for higher office when she has a special needs baby that needs extra care from her.
What do you think? If a woman is financially able – should she automatically be a stay-at-home mom? Is that the way things “should” be? Or is that an out-dated archaic way of looking at females? Does having a special needs baby change this in any way?
Shauna and I have discussed this many times over the 11 years we’ve been together. When we were dating she often said she did not want to be a “Susy-Homemaker”. She was getting her college degree and she was going to use it. I always questioned that if we were financially able – why wouldn’t she want to do so? What job could possibly be more important than that of raising children? Fast forward 11 years and 1 child (weeks away from 2), and Shauna would LOVE to stay home with our boys. Maybe one day soon we will be in a position to do that, but it’s amazing to me how much perspective changes depending on where you are right now in your life.
Back to our original question – SHOULD a mother stay home if she can? I would have to say, after seeing the special bond between mother and child, that staying home would be the ultimate calling of a mother. But that does not automatically mean that those who choose to have a career are any less of a mother. If that were true then all the working moms who HAVE to work are somehow less of a mother. I can attest that my wife, even while working, is the BEST MOTHER to our son.
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