Armstrong Williams
Armstrong Williams is someone who always has a strong opinion about different problems in our society. Williams values the choices of women, and is somebody who cares for family and especially children. He always writes with a very serious tone to help describe how strongly he feels about the topics that he writes about. He has a slight, conservative bias due to his strong beliefs but he also seems willing to look at issues from both sides. Often, he makes you feel sympathy to persuade you. In this column, Williams addresses the topic of working mothers. In his opinion, our society should start recognizing and celebrating the mothers that put their careers on hold to raise their families instead of the mothers who do not. However, he also accepts and respects the mothers who choose to be professionals as well. Overall, he sees women and mothers who have a full-time jobs to have a weaker relationship to their family and children, which to him is the most sacred thing in life.
Do you think that women should put their careers on hold to raise their family? Do you think that mothers who do not take time off from work while raising their family have weaker bonds with their children? Is there a happy medium between the both?
Personally I do not feel that it is needed for mothers put their career on hold while raising a child. Most mothers or parents in general are good at balencing family life and their work life. Also I do not agree that mothers that choose to not take off work have a weaker bond with their family. You don’t have to take off work to have a successful family. I do not think they have weaker bonds. I do believe that time spent with family is very important but I also know that kids at a young age understand that their parents need to work to have money. I strongly believe that there is a happy medium. Maybe not work as much as you used to so you still have time with your family but work enough to make a living.
I believe that if a woman has children, she should be able to at least support them financially, but also be there and take care for them. If her career is going to get in the way of making sure her children are raised in a healthy and happy environment, then she should either hold off on having children, or perhaps put their career on hold for a little while. If she is able to raise her children and maintain her career, then good for her. I think it all depends on the situation, really. There are mothers out there that don’t take off work, yet have fantastic bonds with their children. Most usually work hard to maintain the balance between family and work. There are some, however, who become too invested in their work, which could cause bonds that aren’t as strong.
I do think there is a happy medium. If you plan accordingly for your children and your career, then you should be able to have a strong bond with your children, but also be able to work. As a mother, your children should also understand that you need to work in order to provide for them.
My columnist, Bill O’Reilly, also uses a serious tone when looking at the issues in his columns, to show how serious he is on topics. However, he tends to just look at just one side of the argument, and becomes extremely biased, unlike Williams. As for women putting their careers on hold to raise a family, I think that it depends on their situation at home. If they are the only person raising their child, and have to work full time to put meals on the table for them, then they cannot and should not take time off of their job. That would end up hurting their child more than helping them. However, if a mother can afford to take time off from work to raise a child, I think that they should for the first few months or even years. But, I do not think that they should take to much time off because a child could become to attached to their mother. That could lead to problems such as separation anxiety in the future. So, I do believe that there is a happy medium between both. Mothers should spend as much time as they can raising their children, while still teaching them to be on their own and not depend on their mother for everything.
I do believe that there can be a happy medium for a woman to have both a career and family time, and while its great that a woman wants to support her family and have a career, I do believe that there can not be as strong of a bond between a mother and child if she is constantly working. If it is possible, I personally think that women should take a little time off to raise a baby. When children are young and growing fast, if you are not with them constantly, you can miss the important moments like their first steps, first words, etc. Also I believe that fathers should also slow down their careers to help raise the child.
I do not believe that a mother is any more obligated to put their career on hold for their child than a father is. Gender isn’t relevant to the subject, excepting the general social expectations. Socially, stay-at-home moms are more “normal” than stay-at-home dads.
However, I do not believe that having a full time job, in either case, significantly impacts a parent’s relationship with their child. In most of the cases I’ve seen, a child with a stay-at-home parent tends to have a equally strong relationship with both parents.
Personally, I feel that mothers should be able to do as they please. They should be able to pursue their goals but also know the right balance between that and home life, much like fathers. But, if the father was able to produce a substantial pay, I’d say to either stay at home or get a part time job until the child isn’t as young. Also, I who’s to say the dad can’t do this? I feel that in most circumstances, women with a full time job tend to have a weaker relationship with their children. The more time you spend with them, the greater bond you have. The less time you spend with them, the weaker of a relationship you have, and a child needs his mother. I feel that if you take some time off in the beginning and get a part time job as time proceeds, everything will be alright.
I don’t think women should have to do anything. I think it should be entirely up to them whether or not they put their careers on hold to raise their children or go back to work immediately after their maternity leave is over. There are pros and cons to both. Sometimes, women might not have a choice, they might have to work to make enough money to support their children, and I don’t think anyone should be looking down on them for this, and telling them that they need to spend more time with their children. They clearly care about their children if they are working to support them and make sure they have the best lives possible. Even if they don’t necessarily have to work to support their families, I think women who work instead of staying home with their kids should be admired. They’re probably using the money they’re making to put money into their childrens’ college funds or buy new toys for them, and I don’t think anyone has the right to call these women bad mothers for doing the best they can for their children. Besides, just because mothers go to work doesn’t mean they won’t have strong bonds with their children or neglect them or something. In fact, I think that it shows that these women love their children a whole lot, so much that they are willing to spend time away from them in order to make money to support them. I think people who say that women should put their lives on hold to stay with their children are just trying to perpetuate outdated gender roles, the old-fashioned idea that the man of the family should work while the woman stays home, does the housework and cares for the children. I think that, in today’s society, it should be seen as acceptable and normal for both parents to do a mixture of both. I think that if that was the way we did things, kids would actually have stronger bonds to both their parents, and a better childhood.
I do believe that women should take time from their career to raise their family. The only reason this should not happen is if the woman of the family is making the most money of the family. If the women of families don’t take time off to raise their families then they will have weaker bonds with their children which will cause multiple problems in the future. If the mother is not involved in a child’s life that much, then the child will not be close to the mother and could lead to bad decisions in future life. I think the woman should still be able to get a part-time job or something to get them away from young children for a while, but not for so long that her children are not raised correctly.
I definitely believe that women should take time from their career to raise their family. A mother and child bond is very important, especially early on in life. There are some exceptions however. As a mother, their job is to support and provide for their family and children. If they have to continue to work to put food on the table and provide a stable home for their children, then they should continue to work. There is still going to be time for a mother and child to bond even if the mother has to work a lot. It seems it’s a very difficult decision for mothers to make. I believe that there is a happy medium between the both. Women should still work if they need to, but they should also make sure their child is raised in a correct way and that they also have a good bond together.
The more time a mother or a father spends with their children, the stronger the bond is. Even if the parent shows their love to their child, if they don’t spend much time with them, the bond will be weak. Personal observations prove to me this is true. I do believe mothers should put their career on hold for their children, at least while they are still infants. It increases the bond between them and the children only benefit from it. However, mothers that don’t take time off from work don’t necessarily have a weaker bond with their children. It depends on how much time they spend with their child when they are not working.
All in all, the child must come first, whether or not this means working as much as possible to support them or taking time off to take care of them. Whatever would be best for the child should be what the parent does. I believe this to be the happy medium between the two.
I agree that it is most likely in the best interest of the child for the mother or father to put aside work in order to raise their children. It is usually considered the woman’s job to stay home with the kids, but it could go either way in my opinion, and men could be the ones doing this. Either way, I think that it is a good idea for a parent to stop working to raise their family. I think it will create a stronger bond between the parent and child and the parent will always have time for their kids. However, I don’t think it is bad if a parent works instead of staying home. While they may not have as much time with their children as a stay at home parent might, they can still have a great relationship. There may be a happy medium which could be that a parent works, but doesn’t bring work home with them and only spends time with the family when they are away from the workplace. I do think it is bad for a parent to continue working if this results in them bringing work home, always being on business trips, or anything else that could disturb the relationship with their child.
I do not think that women should put their careers on hold to raise their family. I think mothers who do not take time off from work will not have a weaker bond with their children. As long as women spend some time with their children, they will have a bond with their child. I also believe bonds between their mother and child will develop more in the later years of a child. I think their is a happy medium between the two. I believe the time allotted for maternity leave allows the mother to have enough time with their child at first and get used to being a parent. I do not believe that a woman should have to put her whole career on hold to raise a child.
I think it is completely up the women if they put their career on hold to raise their children. Money is also a factor, so some women may not have a choice to stay at home. It is not wrong in any way to continue on with your career and be a mother as well. I do think though if mothers stay home to raise their children they could create a stronger bond with their children because they are with them more during they day. However a working mother can have the same relationship with her child as well. I think a happy medium could be a mother working part time.
I think that it depends on the mother and the situation that the family is in. It is up to the women if they want to put their career on hold for their children. If they a have a career that they could pick up where left off ten years later then yes I think it a great idea to spend time with their kids while they are young. I also don’t necessarily think that the bond is weaker between the mother and children, it depends on the connection. Obviously if the mother is never in the picture and the child never spends time with her, then they are most likely not going to have a bond because they are not spending time together. As the son or daughter get older and busier with school and the mother goes back to work, the small amount of time they get together becomes more special and they still have a bond even though they aren’t always together.
It sounds like he does a phenomenal job of finding the happy medium and hearing both sides of the discussion before expressing and explaining his point. I do think that when women put their careers on hold to raise their family, it shows dedication and grasps the true meaning of giving something their all. I think it’s crazy when people pay money to have children in daycare while they work, mainly because that is paying someone to love your child for you and it just seems wrong to me. I agree that the bond isnt as strong between a child and their mother until the child is maybe a teenager. I do not think there is a happy medium; when you have a child, it is your lifelong duty to provide for it.
I don’t think any mother should have to put their careers on hold to raise a family. If they believe that they can continue with their profession and raise a family at the same time, then they should do that. But, if they think it is more beneficial for them to put their job on hold to raise their family then they should do that. I think it depends on the mother. All mothers are different so they should do what is best for their families. I don’t think that mothers who do not take time off from work while raising their family have weaker bonds with their children because they can still spend time with them. Children always need their mother so I don’t think the family would have a weaker bond. I think that whatever the mothers think is best for their families, is the happy medium.
I believe that women do not have to stop what they are doing with their life, but they definitely need to pay attention and care for their upcoming child as much as possible. You want to build a strong bond from the beginning and that sets up for a strong future. There is a happy medium, I believe. You can balance in working and nurturing your child. Thanks for sharing.