The Mothers Who Take Care Of Their Children Are Also Working Women

Today there is a dangerous tendency to judge housewives. On March 8, the day of working women was commemorated, excluding all those mothers who take care of their children at home. They, who dedicate themselves body and soul to the home and children, are also working women.

Unfortunately, the commemoration has a very tragic history behind it. That day, in 1911, a large group of working women died in a fire in a textile factory. The only thing they were fighting for was equality, or rather, the recognition of their rights.

Her goal was to achieve job improvements, regardless of her gender or her condition. Today, her involvement is remembered on this date as a historical symbol of feminism.

Now, is it legitimate to consider that those mothers who dedicate their lives to the home are not also worthy of celebrating this day ?

Definitely not. Those who decided and chose that for their lives  deserve the same recognition as those who chose to professionalize, ruling out motherhood or not. Taking care of a home and family is also an arduous task that is unpaid and never ends.

They are women who take care of their children without paying or paying. They do not receive bonuses or have paid vacations. For many people, they don’t even add up. However, without them we would not be here. They are some of our mothers, sisters, grandmothers, aunts and friends. And they all deserve the same respect.

No, it is not extenuating to stay indoors. They also do not live in a kind of vacation a little more hectic. It is something that society has to begin to assume, because mothers who take care of their children are also important women.

Working women indoors

Days go by giving everything for nothing. Selflessly, just out of love. They can spend a whole day just picking up toys and cleaning furniture. At other times, they feel like they are multitasking, and they don’t stop for a second, running between food, clothes, clutter and children.

Days and even weeks can go by without establishing a relationship with an adult (other than her husband, of course). Really being a full-time mom can be a lot harder than it really sounds. You only have to think about the monotony of each day to realize that it is not an easy job.

Of course, it is not about competing to see who is more sleepy, dark circles and who sacrifices the most. In fact, there are mothers who work twice as hard: outside and inside the home. So why not think that they are all working women in their own way?

Be that as it may, there is another sad reality that underlies the background. It is already very difficult to find a job as a mother. People judge without having lived it. You only have to hear testimonies from women who have spent time with their children and who are now trying to reintegrate into the labor market.

To the frustration that, in advance, does not find the job that is needed, society condemns and points out. Doubly punished, for the simple fact of being mothers. For the decision to choose a different priority than other women.

We are all working women

Certainly, those mothers who take care of their children should also be considered working women. Whether they receive a salary or not, and whether they contribute or not, matters little. That’s not the point.

The one and the other deserve the greatest of respect. Work, whatever it is, dignifies. The work of each and every one of them should be valued. Caring has never been a minor job and even less in these times. Having the responsibility of raising a child is very hard, and not everyone is up to the task. You have to be guided more by patience and by the heart.

Caring involves much more than a simple verb. Precisely, we ignore that very few people want to do it in a genuine way. This action, which in the eyes of many may seem minor,  involves a dose of love that almost no one can experience.

Affection, self-denial, dedication and efforts in high doses. Sleep and fatigue for the most part. Above all, sacrifice, a dedication completely to a son. That which people do not take into account has great emotional value, for the child and for the mother. A child who, accompanied in his upbringing, will not suffer any kind of sentimental deficiency, something that the whole world will be grateful for.