For a span of nine to ten months, a woman endures a phenomenal amount of psychological and emotional changes which come with pregnancy and childbirth. Due to this, the decision of having a child or not rests with the willingness of her. There has been an ideology spinning around that, as the child is conceived by the woman and was solely her decision, the entire responsibility of the kid's upbringing rests on her shoulders. I personally believe that this ideology comes with a set of flaws.
Firstly, the decision of childbearing solely rests with the woman. However, there are also other factors which come into play. The financial stability of the two parents is a big decision point. Having a child and not having the finances to raise a child would be a disaster. Also, the idea parenting is a shared responsibility between the husband and wife. A father is equally responsible for taking care of a child as the mother. There are certain activities which only a father can do. Such as taking them to sports events or to a park to play football with them. Consequently, a kid who rarely sees one's father tends to build a negative impression around him and strengthen the bond with the mother alone.
In addition to the above point, women of the present generation are much stronger, outgoing and open-minded than the conservative kind we see from the previous generation. They have started to come out of the "four walls" philosophy and are beginning to make a name for themselves in the society. With this prevalent in the culture of today, there is a need for shared responsibilities between parents. For example, A mother would drop the child to school and the father would pick them up in the evening. This idea of shared responsibilities not only builds trust between the parents, but also among the family as they spend enough time together.
In conclusion, I would like to say that it is best we do away with the notion of dumping the parenting of a child to a woman and start opening our minds to sharing equal responsibility as parents. We should rather believe in shared parenthood to keep up with the family dynamics which keep changing with the times to come.
For a span of nine to ten months, a
woman
endures a phenomenal amount of psychological and emotional
changes
which
come
with pregnancy and childbirth. Due to this, the
decision
of having a
child
or not rests with the willingness of her. There has been an ideology spinning around that, as the
child
is conceived
by the
woman
and was
solely
her
decision
, the entire
responsibility
of the kid's upbringing rests on her shoulders. I
personally
believe that this ideology
comes
with a set of flaws.
Firstly
, the
decision
of childbearing
solely
rests with the
woman
.
However
, there are
also
other factors which
come
into play. The financial stability of the two
parents
is a
big
decision
point. Having a
child
and not having the finances to raise a
child
would be a disaster.
Also
, the
idea
parenting is a
shared
responsibility
between the husband and wife. A
father
is
equally
responsible for taking care of a
child
as the mother. There are certain activities which
only
a
father
can do. Such as taking them to sports
events
or to a park to play football with them.
Consequently
, a kid who rarely
sees
one's
father
tends to build a
negative
impression around him and strengthen the bond with the mother alone.
In addition
to the above point, women of the present generation are much stronger, outgoing and open-minded than the conservative kind we
see
from the previous generation. They have
started
to
come
out of the
"
four walls
"
philosophy and are beginning to
make
a name for themselves in the society. With this prevalent in the culture of
today
, there is a need for
shared
responsibilities
between
parents
.
For example
, A mother would drop the
child
to school and the
father
would pick them up in the evening. This
idea
of
shared
responsibilities
not
only
builds trust between the
parents
,
but
also
among the family as they spend
enough
time together.
In conclusion
, I would like to say that it is best we do away with the notion of dumping the parenting of a
child
to a
woman
and
start
opening our minds to sharing equal
responsibility
as
parents
. We should
rather
believe in
shared
parenthood to
keep
up with the family dynamics which
keep
changing with the times to
come
.