Many people argue that motherhood is a subservient role and a waste of a woman's education. People argue that educated women have the obligation to use their education in the workplace, and that women who choose to be stay at home mothers are doing themselves and their families a disservice. Whatever their argument, the advocates of such a position are dead wrong. Growing up in a home with a stay at home mom was an enormous blessing in my life, and my mother helped shape me into the person I am today. Motherhood is the greatest career a woman can aspire to, and her education is an invaluable tool in helping her raise and influence her children.
In an article by Dennis Prager, Prager argues that women do not "swap [their] mind[s] for a mop". Rather, Prager argues that there are many opportunities for women to further their education and expand their knowledge inside the walls of their own home. Prager argues that women have even more opportunities than men, much of the time, to grow intellectually. Women have the chance to watch the news, documentaries, and so forth on the television.. They can read books, listen to the radio, or take classes online or at the local college. Men, on the other hand, do not necessarily have the same amount of opportunities to learn as women. Men go to work, do the same thing they do every day, sometimes even robotically, and then go home. They do not find as many opportunities to expand their intellect.
Likewise, in the article "A Woman's Education is not Wasted in the Home", Jenet Erickson argues that educated women in the home can influence their children in phenomenal ways. Women raise the children that become the next generation of leaders, lawyers, businessmen, doctors, and so forth. Erickson argues that educated women can help raise their children in a more educated, perhaps effective, way than non-educated women. She states that mothers can help their children grow intellectually because they are intellectual themselves.
I am in full agreement with both Dennis Prager and Jenet Jacob Erickson in the sense that women can have many opportunities to learn in the home and that their education directly influences their children's futures. As Erickson argues, mothers raise the next generation. Therefore, it is essential for women to be educated because they will have the ability to be innovative and raise their children better. When a woman is educated, she will value the value of education and pass that on to her children. Children will then, in turn, contribute more to society in the future. Thus, the greatest career a woman can pursue is that of a wife and mother because no one can influence her children in the same way she can. Mothers can change the world and heal society more than the average woman in the workplace.
Women have great learning opportunities in the home as well. As Prager mentions, being in the workplace does not mean that a man will have any more education opportunities or chances to use his education than a woman at home. I work in a factory during the winter, and I have to tell you, I have never had a more mind numbing job in my entire life. Working does not mean learning.
There have been many women who have greatly changed society for the better from behind a desk. However, educated women can have a greater influence on the world than any average woman in the workplace. In my personal experience, having a stay-at-home mom was one of the greatest blessings of my childhood, and my mother had a greater influence on me than anyone else in the world, with the possible exception of my father. When more women decide to make their children their first priority, we will see society flourish.
Likewise, in the article "A Woman's Education is not Wasted in the Home", Jenet Erickson argues that educated women in the home can influence their children in phenomenal ways. Women raise the children that become the next generation of leaders, lawyers, businessmen, doctors, and so forth. Erickson argues that educated women can help raise their children in a more educated, perhaps effective, way than non-educated women. She states that mothers can help their children grow intellectually because they are intellectual themselves.
I am in full agreement with both Dennis Prager and Jenet Jacob Erickson in the sense that women can have many opportunities to learn in the home and that their education directly influences their children's futures. As Erickson argues, mothers raise the next generation. Therefore, it is essential for women to be educated because they will have the ability to be innovative and raise their children better. When a woman is educated, she will value the value of education and pass that on to her children. Children will then, in turn, contribute more to society in the future. Thus, the greatest career a woman can pursue is that of a wife and mother because no one can influence her children in the same way she can. Mothers can change the world and heal society more than the average woman in the workplace.
Women have great learning opportunities in the home as well. As Prager mentions, being in the workplace does not mean that a man will have any more education opportunities or chances to use his education than a woman at home. I work in a factory during the winter, and I have to tell you, I have never had a more mind numbing job in my entire life. Working does not mean learning.
There have been many women who have greatly changed society for the better from behind a desk. However, educated women can have a greater influence on the world than any average woman in the workplace. In my personal experience, having a stay-at-home mom was one of the greatest blessings of my childhood, and my mother had a greater influence on me than anyone else in the world, with the possible exception of my father. When more women decide to make their children their first priority, we will see society flourish.
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