If you are the oldest daughter in your family and your mother passed away when you and all your siblings were young, would you find it your responsibility to take over her chores and daily activities?
Yeah I would think it was my responsibility. I would feel like it wa my job to fill in the mothering position. My little siblings would need someone to help them get dressed and to fix them things to eat. I am sure I would get annoyed with the job once in a while but I would rather take care of them than some strange woman that I had to call step mom take care of them.
If it were 50 years ago, I would feel the pressure to take on the role as mother, but beings as this is 2010 and men are just as capable as taking care of children as well as women, I wouldnt find it so much as my "responsibility" to take on the role of mother in the family. After all, the father would still be alive and well to step up and help more too. I would go above and beyond to help around the house more often, I'm sure, but I wouldnt find it my job to fill the shoes of caretaker completely.
yes. i would take care of my siblings and try to let them lead a normal life and stil have a "mother" figure in their life and do the daily chores and activities because someone is going to have to do them! it would be my responsibility to do that!
I would do everything I could to help out my younger siblings but I'm not sure if I would feel responsible for everything else. It just depends how old I was and how young my siblings are. It is very common to be a single parent these days and losing my mom would probably have the greatest impact on me since I was the oldest depending on the age of my siblings so it would be very dificult to take care of everyone else when I wouldn't be able to take care of myself but that's most likely what would happen.
Yes, only because sooner or later I would have to do all of that anyway. I help around the house now, but I would help even more then.
ReplyDeleteYeah I would think it was my responsibility. I would feel like it wa my job to fill in the mothering position. My little siblings would need someone to help them get dressed and to fix them things to eat. I am sure I would get annoyed with the job once in a while but I would rather take care of them than some strange woman that I had to call step mom take care of them.
ReplyDeleteIf it were 50 years ago, I would feel the pressure to take on the role as mother, but beings as this is 2010 and men are just as capable as taking care of children as well as women, I wouldnt find it so much as my "responsibility" to take on the role of mother in the family. After all, the father would still be alive and well to step up and help more too. I would go above and beyond to help around the house more often, I'm sure, but I wouldnt find it my job to fill the shoes of caretaker completely.
ReplyDeleteyes. i would take care of my siblings and try to let them lead a normal life and stil have a "mother" figure in their life and do the daily chores and activities because someone is going to have to do them! it would be my responsibility to do that!
ReplyDeleteI would do everything I could to help out my younger siblings but I'm not sure if I would feel responsible for everything else. It just depends how old I was and how young my siblings are. It is very common to be a single parent these days and losing my mom would probably have the greatest impact on me since I was the oldest depending on the age of my siblings so it would be very dificult to take care of everyone else when I wouldn't be able to take care of myself but that's most likely what would happen.
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