Characteristics Of A Good Mother

According to Giles, The way society portrays the ideal mothers as the white, middle-class women also leads to misrepresentation because this definition is inapplicable to the homeless mothers as they are depicted as “bad” mothers who come as the flaws in the neoliberal promise of success (11). Media also plays an important role in concealing and misrepresenting homeless women. Mainstream medias conceal the obscure reality of homeless mothers by simply not dealing with it. Furthermore, even when the media covers this subject, homeless mothers are often misrepresented as prostitutes and drug addicts (12). This concealment leads the exclusion of homeless mothers in making public

“Single mothers face inexplicable social and religious challenges… due to the cultural stereotype and religious orientation” (Essien). Different religions and culture have their own set of beliefs and standards. However, this provides a reason behind the discrimination towards single parents, specifically, single mothers. “Motherhood is crucial to female identity, and women are perceived as natural reproducers, nurturers, mothers and wives… divorced and abandoned single mothers are sexually, economically and socially vulnerable” (Jordal). Diversion is seen as something is not an option for them. Therefore, single mothers are viewed as a disappointment to the society. Which created more opportunity for the discrimination to

When highly paid professional women leave jobs to stay home and take care of their children they are considered ?good mothers?. Also, when they do decide to work outside the home they are judged as ?selfish? and ?bad mothers?. However, the expectation of poor women is the exact opposite. Poor women are often criticized for staying home to take care of their children and are expected to leave the home and work for wage in order to receive the ?good mother? approval from society.

In her interviews with woman she was sure to interview very well educated women and those that strived for mere perfection. One thing is that the men in the lives of these women were not supportive and not mentioned of much. The men and society of today have placed a lot of responsibility on a woman’s shoulders when it comes to the child. It is the woman who makes the decision or is given the task to make the heavy decisions regarding the child’s future. Because of this many women choose to stay at home to be sure that the children will receive everything that they deserve and that they are not lacking in any area. Another issue that she reviews is that employers do not work with moms at all. For example she talked about the scenario where two moms brought a solution to their problem to management yet it failed to receive approval instead one mother was offered more money (Guest, 2011). Employers are not very flexible when it comes to mothers and don’t provide the proper care that is needed for a child. Since men are the ones that don’t carry the responsibility of the child’s well-being having proper day care is not a factor for them. Then there is the cost of day care which is high and can at times not compare to what the individual is making.

Many researchers have been studying welfare to work, but not until recently has the focus resurfaced on the increase number of single mothers who left welfare for work and went back to the welfare system. According to the 2012 U.S. National Census Bureau,” Single mothers are heading more family households and living in poverty. Almost 31% of households headed by a single woman were living below the poverty line—nearly five times the 6.3% poverty rate for families headed by a married couple” ( U.S. Census Bureau, 2012). Without the necessary income, perceived support, childcare resource and training, the move is a downward mobility from welfare independence back into the welfare system.

“Branded with Infamy” draws one into the challenges that poor women and children face every day (Adair). Stricken with poverty leaves women and children that are already suffering, forced to suffer more, which Adair brings up in this article when she’s talking about her mother having to work twice as hard to be discipline for her husband walking out on her (Adair, 236). The article “Enforcing the Work Ethic” has more of a focus on the welfare system for poor women and children (Hays). This article addresses the issues of how mothers are forced to find a job right away and when they are unable to meet all the requirements the welfare system is requesting then they end up losing their welfare forcing them and their children to live without

One of America's biggest misconceptions about public assistance is that of people on welfare. Rita Jensen, an investigative journalist in New York city and a former welfare recipient states that, "[W]hen one says 'Welfare mother' the listener hears 'black welfare mother.' This is a skewed perception that leads to an ongoing underlying racial motive against the welfare program. In general, when speaking about welfare most

In his book, Dr. Theodore Dalrymple mentioned that the welfare program is flawed because it incapacitated the will of obligation, and furthered the need for dependency in the government system. At time, the system is even expedient to operate in such a manner. The author adds, “In matters of public housing, it is actually advantageous for a mother to put herself at a disadvantage to be a single mother, without support from the fathers of the children and dependent on the state for income.” In example, while the system coaxes mothers to be dependent on the welfare program, the father is unimpeded by any sense of obligation. Without accountability at hand, the violent, irresponsible, uncommitted father is not able to learn from his past mistakes and continue to revert in his old ways.

In today’s society it is not unusual to have a one-parent family with a young mother in charge. Teen mothers having children has increased so much over the years that it’s now a common occurance. Being a young single mother in today’s society is challenging but with the help of government assistance single mothers are finding their way.

Today approximately 13. 7 million single parents in America with 82.2% of them being single mothers as told by Time Magazine, these mothers all somewhat attempt to make ends meet even though women earn 30% less money than men. This derives from the lingering opinion that women are less able to conduct work than men or the opinion that women should solely be kept at home as housewives, cooking and cleaning. However, single mothers ranging from Mary Ann Moore, who works 10 hour shifts to help support her four children, to Angel Gordan mother of six who has no job, these women find ways to make ends meet. Women carry in their bodies’ the future minds of America. They labor

Women in poverty will struggle day to day because of many different reasons. This will affect them personally and it may affect any family they might have. Being a single mother in the united states is very common although when separated into groups there the numbers of single mothers vary with large numbers. In the article, Family transitions, Economic Status, Voter Turnout Among African- American Inner-City Women the author expresses how “There are 3 million

Parenting: from dressing, teaching, disciplining, to simply supporting a child, there are technically no right or wrong ways to provide care. Although there may not be a correct way, most, if not all, parents have been or will be criticized at some point because of their decisions in parenting. So what exactly makes someone good at parenting? A mother, father, or caregiver who exercises good parenting fosters a healthy relationship with the child, demonstrates and reciprocates respect, and reinforces responsibility.

Being a mother is a full time job because as a mother you need to be around your child all the time. Even the father plays a similar role but nothing can ever come close to the nurturing capabilities of a mother towards her child. However, the present trends reflect that most parents are generally engaged in professional jobs where they need to devote a certain amount of time. Irrespective of the professional commitments that parents have, they must also give time to their children and take care of their responsibilities.

During the 1960’s when I was growing up, children always came after marriage. If a woman had a baby out-of-wedlock, her family would frequently be disgraced. More often then not she would marry the baby’s father, but somewhere between then and now, things changed. Today, having a baby out-of-wedlock has become very acceptable. As a matter of fact, being unemployed, unmarried, or poor is no longer a concern. That is to say, expectant mothers can depend on government support if they are income eligible. The first problem associated with these programs is that for a large number of these women and their families’ welfare has turned into a long-term dependency. The second dilemma is that their welfare lifestyle has created many of our nation’s

A review of the literature indicated that in the U.S. the prevailing view of the elites was that assistance to the needy would only encourage idleness and other undesirable behavior and that social Darwinism would ensure that only the individuals with the best work ethic and moral character would prosper and reproduce (O’Connor, 2003). It also implied that those who have previously received public assistance generally tend to earn low wages and remain below the poverty level. However, many families were removed from welfare, not due to obtaining employment, but failure to comply, or they reached their sixty-month time limit and were terminated from the program. While others experienced barriers such as housing, childcare, domestic violence,