Blog 32

Being a lawyer is so time consuming, so is being a parent, and so is being a parent to multiple children. There is an assumption we make, and it is that women do most of the mothering in the family, a lot of child up keep and maintenance. In regards to male parents they are generally there for the children, but do not carry out most of the nurturing duties. Lawyer mothers are assumed to have their children in some sort of child care arrangement. While men lawyers usually have their children at home with their stay at home mothers. Both lawyer parties are still parents, but there is usually a lock of attention when dealing with children. Traditional values of motherhood like staying home with the children, cooking, cleaning, etc are impacted by being a lawyer because the profession is time consuming. There is usually a lot of child care arrangements involved, and certain emotions lawyers have a hard time getting in touch with. Also a lot of the parenting responsible rests on the moms shoulders. High-powered female lawyers with children viewed as suspect parents because probably the lack of time the parent can spend with the child. I don't want to say neglect, but the parent always has limited time. Overall there is depends on the choice of the child's parent to decide what would be the care plan for the child.