Monday, April 23, 2018

Mother and Motherly guilts


I was just wondering about a thought that flashed to my mind when I met a friend of mine who left her job to take care of her child,"that why her why not the father???Why only mothers feel guilty for not spending quality time with kids???Why only mothers takes the responsibity if anything wrong happens to the child???Why the mothers are the only dependable human being in the family???why only 18-34% of women get back to the work after first child???
Once a mother is always a mother"is it the hormone or nature or belief or upbringing or duty...I dont know but the statement holds good with every mother...working or stay at home.
If the mother is working ,she haunts her thoughts with guilt that she is not spending time with kids and if she is at home she always questions whether she is doing justice with her upbringing while balancing her non- working image frustration and love towards her kids.
At times I ask question to myself WHY only mothers feel guilty why not Fathers....Is it only her responsibility or it's just her nature to take everything on her???
When such questions arises we blame the partner or parents; may be, but in my view its just the social setting, that we live in, makes it difficult to forgo a father's job then the mother's.This social conditioning which is given to all the Indian girls sensitize them to the risky zone of guilt!.Charity begins at home...correctly said,but hardly practised.We need to initiate a change in our familiee,the society will change automatically.


This guilty zone is waiting to get clear with a fresh thought of sharing responsibities.



3 comments:

  1. I am sure every mother have the same feeling.. but to pen it down wonderfully is an art.. keep it up

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