Children and profession

Children and Profession
For half of the Spanish women population between the ages of 30 and 44, having a child has completely altered their work life. They have been forced to reduce their daily hours of work, or even have had to leave their jobs for good. The existence of a child does not completely explain the difficulty of conciliation between work and the family. It has to do more with the rate of employed women, and the weak fertility rate of 1.34 children per woman.
In fact, the countries within the European Union that have a high fertility rate register the highest work activity rates for women. A peculiar characteristic of Spain, which coincides with its low birth rates, is that 37% of working women have a temporal contract when the average for the European community is of 15.5%.
Within a young family it is common that both, husband and wife have a temporal contract. This has a lot to do with their decisions regarding birth rate. Majority of Spanish women believe that the ideal model is for both, husband and wife to have a job each with similar dedication, in order to divide the time of caring for their children. However, less than half of them live in a family that meets those criteria.
Feminine work activity does not impede bringing a child into this word, nor does it impede for the creation of big families. This is the opinion on jobs and children of an author from the last century – he would remind parents to “never doubt having a big family, because the priority is not in finding success within a profession, but in transmitting to their children those human and Christian values that give true meaning to our existence.”
Within today’s decadent society, children must be valued for their entirety and their transcendence as a developing person. Adults seem specially propelled to go against nature, degrading children’s physical and moral integrity. Cruel mothers must not forget that their children are not really theirs; they are God’s children.
“Infancy misadventures have an impact upon their lives, leaving an inexhaustible fountain of melancholy in their hearts” affirms P. Brulat. (Translated by Gianna A. Sanchez-Moretti).
Author and journalist Clemente Ferrer has led a distinguished career in Spain in the fields of publicity and press relations. He is currently President of the European Institute of Marketing.
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