Interesting discussion on giving care to children! Does GDP/economic growth mean everything to a country? When we blindly pursue this target what are the negative by-products we get? Until very recently, we were targetting cognitive skills development of our children. But now the focus has started to shift to whole-person/holistic/ whole-brain-child development. Similarly, it is not just the GDP figure that matters but developing sustainable societies. "However 39 per cent of the women who reported childcare as the main barrier to work also confessed that they actually preferred to look after their children. Shock, horror." "The child is hardwired to its mother's smell, and the sound of her voice. The mother becomes responsive to her infant's face, its vocalisations and its touch. Because a child needs to be attached to someone to survive, evolution has led it to be programmed from before birth to attach to a caregiver as soon as it hits the deck. But this evolutionary necessity does not suit the modern world. It does not suit the neo-liberal world view of economic growth as the key driver of all actions and public policy."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-14/childcare-babies-and-mothers-barriers-employment-workforce/9254440
Motherhood confers upon a woman the responsibility of raising a child. This process also changes the way in which she is perceived in society and at her workplace. It can necessitate her to take more than available leave options, and job security can be at risk. Material aspirations and the necessities of daily life often compel both parents to work. A qualified woman may insist on working to maintain an effective career and be financially independent. In Asian countries and in many joint family systems, grandparents and other nonworking family members fulfill the need for childcare–they take over the job of childcare when the mother is at work. Unexpected sickness of children is a calamity that can be difficult to handle. To enable this, considerable adjustments are necessary at the individual level and at the workplace, which help the mother to fulfill the dual responsibilities of career and motherhood.
Normally mother's love has to be a barrier before work due to her basic commitment to her children.But it seems that mothers in modern time are divided between home ,family and work.Ultimately they sacrifice family to work.Hence devotion almost dies.This effects the raising of her children.They actually lose the basic sensitivity, emotional relationship and become more practical and self-centred.Eventually we have hard people!
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