To be or not to be, that is the question; to strive to be the perfect mother, or to have a prosperous career;. Finding balance between juggling a career and a family is a reality many women face.
Although I am not a mother, I already anticipate struggling through the same internal battle I see mothers facing daily. As women, we are biologically programed to care and provide for our offspring, and to form an inevitable level of attachment with our child. If the excitement of having your own child isn't enough, nature has provided new mothers with an abundance of the feel good hormone oxytocin. Functional magnetic resonance imaging shows the presence of oxytocin in mothers brains, when the child is present, and when pictures of the child are shown.
All of this motherly bonding is great, but what about that career you worked so hard for? Taking maternal leave can threaten advancement and pay promotions in corporate institutions. The pressure to be an empowered woman with a career is ever present, but attachment to the child is tugging at the working mother to be at home with her child. While many women avoid being labeled the stigmatized "housewife", I think society should understand and support a woman as a mother and as a career woman-whether she is one or the other, or both.
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I'm all for cookies. Don't know if you, or anyone else will see this in time, but, I say GO FOR IT!
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