Parenting and Childcare: A Response to Child Negligence by a Working Mother

Running head: PARENTING AND CHILDCARE
Parenting and childcare
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1PARENTING AND CHILDCARE
Response to Question 1
The news from South Carolina about child negligence by a working mother is indeed
a matter that needs attention. Apparently I was stunned to hear such type of update. Secondly,
the area of the incident that drew my attention was the penalty served by the state law. It is
the responsibility of the mother as a guardian to keep a close trace on her until and unless the
child becomes self-sufficient (WFXG, 2014). If I were in her place, I would have definitely
appointed someone as an alternative for the time being. She failed to look after her daughter
thereby showing signs of not a very good mother.
Response to Question 2
From the news gathered, it seems Ms. Harrell is a single working mother who has to
play a lot of roles in order to render services for her family. On one hand, she looks after her
child as well as does her domestic chores while she is at home and serves her daughter on the
other. In contrary while she is at work, she fulfills her duty and simultaneously, wishes to
serve her child. As there is no provision in the real world, it is quite understandable that why
she left her daughter at the park unsupervised.
Response to Question 3
Based on the statistics it has been found that there is a surge in childcare prices. About
40 per-cent mothers are primary earning members (Steinberg & Darling, 2017). Ms. Harrell
is one such mother for whom it became extremely difficult to enroll her daughter in one of
the childcare camps, which ranged from $500 to $1000 (Covert, 2014). This the reason for
which the working mothers are finding it tremendously difficult to supervise their children. If
we look deep into the problem, we will be able to figure out that Ms. Harrell had no choice
other than leaving her child to play at the park.