Despite the stereotype that all teenagers hate their parents, many of us look to our parents as role models. Often the amount of stock we put in our parents’ opinions, depends on the type of home in which we grew up. Many families now need to have two working parents and no longer have the luxury for one person to be a full time homemaker. While I understand that this is a relic of a new social age, I think we are losing something crucial. Looking back I can clearly see the impact my own mother has had on my life.

Putting her career on indeterminate hold, my mother spent literally all her time with my siblings and I as she both mothered and taught us. To this day she makes hot home cooked meals nearly every night for supper and regularly cleans and beautifies our home. In some ways I think, being a homemaker is looked down upon in today’s culture. That if you aren’t able to “make it” in the business world that you’ve somehow failed. This is entirely untrue. In terms of a child’s self confidence, personal enrichment, and sociopolitical ideals, being a homemaker is perhaps the most influential position available.

But I’m not trying to draw boxes, or limit people either. I’m all for women having careers in whatever is their passion, men can be homemakers too! The important thing is that, as a culture, we re-embrace the importance of someone in the home having a mind specifically focused on familial well being and comfort. Love breeds success, we need to remember our society’s youngest members and refocus some of our attention on them and the space in which they live.