For a span of nine to ten months, a
woman
endures a phenomenal amount of psychological and emotional changes which come with pregnancy and childbirth. Due to
this
, the
decision
of having a
child
or not rests with the willingness of her. There has been an ideology spinning around that, as the
child
is conceived by the
woman
and was solely her
decision
, the entire responsibility of the kid's upbringing rests on her shoulders. I personally believe that
this
ideology comes with a set of flaws.
Firstly
, the
decision
of childbearing solely rests with the
woman
.
However
, there are
also
other factors which come into play. The financial stability of the two parents is a big
decision
point. Having a
child
and not having the finances to raise a
child
would be a disaster.
Also
, the idea parenting is a shared responsibility between the husband and wife. A
father
is equally responsible for taking care of a
child
as the mother. There are certain activities which only a
father
can do.
Such
as taking them to sports events or to a park to play football with them.
Consequently
, a kid who rarely sees one's
father
tends to build a negative impression around him and strengthen the bond with the mother alone.
In addition
to the above point, women of the present generation are much stronger, outgoing and open-minded than the conservative kind we see from the previous generation. They have started to come out of the "four walls" philosophy and are beginning to make a name for themselves in the society. With
this
prevalent in the culture of today, there is a need for shared responsibilities between parents.
For example
, A mother would drop the
child
to school and the
father
would pick them up in the evening.
This
idea of shared responsibilities not only builds trust between the parents, but
also
among the family as they spend enough time together.
In conclusion, I would like to say that it is best we do away with the notion of dumping the parenting of a
child
to a
woman
and start opening our minds to sharing equal responsibility as parents. We should rather believe in shared parenthood to keep up with the family dynamics which keep changing with the times to come.