The notion that both parents are obliges to work in a modern highly competitive economical world will be discussed.
It is undoubtedly true that both parents will be able to earn more income compared to situation where only one adult in a family is employed. Additional profit can be incorporated in the expansion of child’s prospects such as education in a top ranked univeristy abroad or ability to travel in order to encounter new cultures. Quality of living of the whole family will potentially rise leading to improved mental state of all its members. Parents’ calmness also matters for child’s well-being. Moreover, parents who achieved great success in their lives are likely to became role models for their children motivating them to work harder in the future accomplushing all setted goals. When child admire his parents the love in the family will only flourish. For example, friend of mine always sharing with me how his relations with parents are going. Despite the fact that they spent most of their time on jobs they still combine it with my friend’s education.
On the other hand, it must be said that any kind of job takes on itself enormous amount of time and energy. After day long working experience parents might tend to get back at home exhausted. Children need attention from their guardians. Parents have to dedicate time for their childern nourishing, but job often draws all attention on itself. Therefore, child get more support when one parent stands out of work. Certainly, there could be different types of employment, for instance, part-time jobs could be a solution for people who seek for a work family balance. For example, mothers sometimes prefer to work online to be around their babies to take care of them.
To conclude, decisions about having a job is a personal matter that has to be addressed by every family individually.