CADV 150, 2PM class
15 November 2004
Wakefield
Does Maternal Employment Have a Negative Effect on Child Development?
Section 1: The Controversy
Many factors shape and affect the development of a child. One such factor is the role the parents play. As the primary care takers, the choices they make affect not only themselves, but their children as well. For this reason, the effect of maternal employment has on the children is a widely debated topic that has caused clashing views of the eventual implications.
In the past, the issue of maternal employment was something that was never really thought of. The primary role of the mothers revolved around the domestic chores of the household, which included her responsibility to the children. In fact, the thought of mothers working was almost unheard of, especially before and during the 50s. As the years progressed, however, mothers grew more and more independent, and thus by the 1960s, women made the transition from......
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