how do i respond to this discussion in favor? discussion I chose to…

Question Answered step-by-step how do i respond to this discussion in favor? discussion I chose to… how do i respond to this discussion in favor? discussionI chose to interview my mom who was born in 1974. She is in a different age cohort than I am, and has been through a variety of life experiences that I have not yet encountered. I asked her about some major critical issues, with the first being the question: “should new mothers with infants have to work?” She stated that she does not think mothers with infants should be in the workplace, but instead at home taking care of their child. She explained to me that this is a time period where the mother should focus on forming a strong bond with her newborn so that the baby will learn to trust her and stay in good health. I believe that she said this because she has experienced it firsthand. She was put in this situation when she had me, as I was her firstborn child. It was extremely hard for her to have to go back to work after having me, and even harder to find someone to look after me. However, she could not simply stay home with me because she needed a way to keep up with bills and other expenses. I think that the normative-age graded influences tell her that she is supposed to go to work after having a baby so that she could provide for me and raise me. Typically, mothers do not stop working after having children. On the other hand, normative history-graded influences tell her that she should stay home with her child as that is what many mothers back then did. Women were not typically seen in the workforce long ago, and instead stayed at home for the primary job of being a house wife. Their only job was to watch after their kids, make sure the house stays in tact, and provide for their husband by cooking dinners, cleaning dishes etc. Although this way of life is now considered to be outdated, I still think she wishes she could have lived in that way. She did not want to miss out on raising me, spending time with me, and forming a bond with me, but she had to. She also lost her dad when I was just three years old, which I think shaped her response as well. She realized that she wanted to spend the most time she possibly could with me because you never know what will happen in life. This would be an example of a uninformative life event that geared her response and in the way she thought about this situation. She viewed having to go to work as something that brought her away from me, and she didn’t agree with that. Although one’s parents do not typically die at the early age of 45 years old, hers did and it influenced her way of thinking. Perhaps if my grandpa did not die so early, she would not see working as much of an unconvinced. All in all, normative-age graded influences tell her that she should continue to work after children, normative-history graded influences tell her that it is okay to stay home with her child, and non-normative life events told her that she should spend the most time she can with me. I have learned that people will have all kinds of different outlooks on major issues like this one, as everyone’s life experiences, upbringings, and ideologies are not the same.  Social Science Psychology PSYCH 2237 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)