Meahgan Hayes
SOC 202-01
September 15, 2011
It’s no secret that over the past thirty years, the classic dynamic of the average family has changed. There are more and more woman who are choosing to juggle both motherhood, and a career. The common consensus among most women who have chosen this path is that the women are proud and thankful that they are able to provide for their families just as much as their male counter parts. But, recently, polls taken in Britain are starting to show that parents, mothers in particular are experiencing tremendous guilt over their workload taking time away from their families. A recent study by UNICEF has been released that continues the debate about parenting in the UK, that the riots from this summer had started. Are parents in the United Kingdom really bad parents, or is the recent global recession forcing parents to work longer hours in order to provide for their families?
This is a global issue because, not only does this situation apply to middle to lower working class families in Britain, it could easily be applied to many of the middle to lower working class families in other post industrialized countries as well. I’m sure that if you looked at our country, or other countries like Germany and Australia, that we would find a similar story. In today’s global economy it is no surprise that parents of working class families are struggling to stay afloat financially, but where does that leave the family time? It’s easy for people who aren’t struggling financially to point fingers and say that parents need to do better parenting, but the reality is that most families are just trying to do as best they can.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/sep/14/guilt-ministers-working-mothers?INTCMP=SRCH
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