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I think that in today's society Boggs would have no problem having a family as well as having a fruitful career. It seems as if she couldn't imagine remaining at work because of how she perceived her relationship with her first son. I feel like her struggle to bond with her child would not be present today. There were such high expectations after the war to be the ultimate parent and to create the "best" children for the future. Boggs had the relationships of other mothers and sons of the time period (and the ideal) to compare herself to. Today it seems as if parenting dynamics have adapted and are more like what Boggs and her husband had in the 1950's. -- Meredith Bojarski | I think that in today's society Boggs would have no problem having a family as well as having a fruitful career. It seems as if she couldn't imagine remaining at work because of how she perceived her relationship with her first son. I feel like her struggle to bond with her child would not be present today. There were such high expectations after the war to be the ultimate parent and to create the "best" children for the future. Boggs had the relationships of other mothers and sons of the time period (and the ideal) to compare herself to. Today it seems as if parenting dynamics have adapted and are more like what Boggs and her husband had in the 1950's. -- Meredith Bojarski | ||
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| + | I'm glad that Boggs was able balance her career and family for a long time. She got really lucky, getting a husband who allowed her to do this considering the time they live in. By the time she has had her second child and decides to be more attentive of her family I feel that she has had enough work experience to be able to say she was one of the few women who were privelaged enough to be a married woman AND be able to have a job. Boggs, as a mother, however does run into the whole issue about the estranged relationship that she and her child had becaues of this job and it being a possible problem. By the time she has her second child, she decides to be more involved in it's life. I feel that the whole essay as a whole has a strong "women should have jobs!" attitude but towards the very end all of a sudden it turns to "mothers should stay at home to raise their children" attitude. At least she can say that because she has tried both so has evidence to back her up.- Emely A. | ||
== Wilma Mankiller, "Indian Relocation" - 1993 about life in the 1950s == | == Wilma Mankiller, "Indian Relocation" - 1993 about life in the 1950s == | ||
