Thanks to the feminine rebellion of the late 20th century, women have been led to believe that they are only contributing to society if they join men in the pursuit of a high-powered career. Unfortunately, this cultural phenomenon has done more harm than good, to both women and their families. Chasing after professional success, women have unintentionally given the best part of their lives (their energy, strength, creativity, and time) to their work. Their husbands and children are stuck with whatever is left over at the end of their full, exhausting day.
Somehow believing that it is possible to be an excellent wife and mother while spending the bulk of their lives away from their homes, women have striven vainly to achieve the status of SuperWoman. Society teaches us that a truly successful woman can be everywhere and do everything. She can “bring home the bacon and fry it up in a pan.” Conveniently omitted is the ugly aftermath of this type of lifestyle: unhappy marriages, undisciplined children, and crippling stress.
Today, the SuperWoman ideal is finally giving way to reality. A generation of women raised by working moms have realized that no one can have it all, do it all, and be it all. Pursuing personal “fulfillment” through career success only serves to cheat the wife and mother out of the chance to make a real difference in the world - her world - at home.
A new day is dawning for the happy housewife, as women submit to their God-given desire to truly serve as the heart of their homes, supporting their husbands and raising their children. Because many of these women never learned the fine arts of homemaking from their working moms, they are playing catch-up today, zealously teaching themselves how to cook, clean, garden, and sew. Hopefully, they will take the time to pass these skills (and an understanding of their worth) on to their daughters for the next generation.
The truly wise woman has given up competing with men on their turf, and has reclaimed her own ground at home. She is an intelligent, capable manager of the family resources, a warm and nurturing mother to her children, and a passionate, supportive companion to her husband. By choice, she serves her family as a happy, loving housewife.
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