Sunday, November 27, 2011

Working Parents


I silly assignment given in Adult Roles CC. 

Working Parents
                Working parents; I hear its tough being a working parent, having to handle both a job and a child. I don’t even know how my own parents do it. I don’t know much about it, but let's say it's ten years into the future and I'm married to a beautiful wife named Jennifer Lawrence. We have two exceptionally good-looking baby twins named Jack and Zack who are now 14 months old. Jennifer brings home the "big bucks" and her income alone supports our family, yet I still work part time outside the home with her because I'm a nice guy, and to make sure our family is fully supported.
                First, I'd work outside the home along with my wife because I'm a nice guy to be plain. I wouldn't want her working alone because I'd feel I wasn't helping to contribute to the family's finance at all. So to be nice I'd work alongside her. And also to make sure our marriage isn't going down the drain, so by working together we get to see each other more often and spend some time together.
Second, I work outside of the home along with my wife because I want to make sure that our family is fully supported financially. I want it so that if we begin to get into debt after paying for all the babies necessities or other items we'd hopefully be able to get out without too much trouble. I know it may seem sad that both parents don’t spend time at home with the children, but I believe that the kids will be much more grateful later in life knowing that their parents never had issues of making payment on the rent.  And I'm only working part time so at least the kids could see me more often than not at all.
                Now let's say there's a change of action in our timeline and now my income can fully support that family, would I have my wife work along with me? My response would be, it's up to her, but I would think she would want to be the stay at home Mom who looks after the kid the way traditional motherhood is done. If though both my wife and I stayed in work and both our incomes were letting the family live very comfortably, then I would not hesitate to send my children to daycare or child care center of some sort; probably one that was nice, and had a good adviser who was not a wacko or on drugs or something like that. I'd do this because I wouldn't just leave my children at home by themselves, that's like illegal! I'd want them to be safe and without harm, so I'd get them the best, and hope it'd suffice. If we were living on poverty though I'd just stand strong in my job, marriage and family until we pushed through the trial, hoping God was on my side.
                In the end, I would work alongside my wife even if her income alone helped support our family. Why? Well to be nice, and to support our family financially just in case of unexpected risks. If my income alone supported all our needs then I would let my wife decide for herself if she wanted to continue working, but I figure that she would spend time with the children, and leave her job. I would just have our twins stay with a daycare facility if Jennifer and me still worked. If we were living in poverty though, I'd just try my best to keep my family together and happy. Being a working parent is tough, but that's what would make life all much more fun.



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