Housewives Do Work Indeed
When I was a child, during the camps or any other activities that I participated in, when we were asked to introduce ourselves and talk about our families and what our parents do. I always wondered of those children who described what their mothers do by saying:
“ My mother doesn’t work, she is a house wife”.
I thought to myself that how could I say that my mother doesn’t work? While some of what she does for us just jumps in front of my eyes like a glimpse:
- Wake us up everyday
- Prepare our breakfast
- Prepare us to schools
- Help us with our homework
- Cook lunch
- Wash dishes
- Make the laundry
- Clean home
- Stay awake almost all night when someone of us feels sick
- Watering plants
- Emotional support
- Help us overcome our personal problems
I don’t want to bother you with a list of hundreds of small details and other important details that I can recall only by thinking for a few minutes about what a mother does to her children.
How on earth could I be able to say that my mother doesn’t work? … what a rude, selfish, shameless boy I could be if I said so?
Currently, as a father of two daughters I can see clearly the huge efforts that parents do for their children to keep them healthy, clean, safe, educated, and etc’.
Recently, I’ve read a post on one of the social network websites, that summarizes a research of a feminist organization and talks about the value of a house wife work. It comes up to $70 thousands a year on average.
Never think your mother works at home for free.
Thanks for every women who dedicated her life to grow up her children.
I love you, my mother.
I love you .. all mothers.
