Single Working Mothers A Long Lost Memory - 2922 Words

Single Working Mothers Growing up in today’s society, are the youth still retaining the same values? Are they aware of current events and the difference between what they should do and what they want to do? With every passing year, society seems to move at a faster pace where families do not find time to sit and talk to each other. It is a more and more rare occurrence when children get to see their parents. Dinner tables now contain unhealthy fast food and family outings are a long lost memory. A mother is responsible for strengthening the roots of the child so that they bloom into productive and responsible individuals. But what if mothers do not monitor their children’s activities? Does it always lead to them being weak in aspects of†¦show more content†¦Something similar happened to me. As a child of a single working mother, I played all through my adolescent years, thought my studies would yield nothing and chose to give importance to dating until I realiz ed how my mother was struggling to give us a single meal. She would work twelve long hours, which left us with no other alternative but to eat fast food. She was disappointed with her inability to fulfill her child’s needs in terms of education, behavior and health. This made her realize that she was spending less time nurturing us. From then on, she spent every night teaching us how to interact with people and also how to tackle difficult situations. She switched her day hours to nights, worked full time and also gave us attention. This interaction and support molded us into courteous and polite individuals, taught us basic cooking skills, encouraged us to indulge in outdoor activities and set certain ethical rules we had to follow. It is not about restricting the mother from working, but encouraging her growing child into a dignified person; this is the challenge. Interaction There are intersecting tensions in families because of long working hours of women. According to United States Census Bureau, the number of single mothers living with children younger than 18 years of age in 2010 is 9.9 million, which is an increase from 3.4 million in 1970 (Losoncz and Bortolotto 122). As the numbers of women are growing in the labor market, their families are