Blogging during the trip

Ok so right now we have seen one and a half city and spoken to several women. Budapest was an incredibly exciting city although I really can't help but wonder if the women who are so keen on encouraging other women to enter the work force and pursue leadership positions value the fact that women who take care of the household are also doing something. Even though the women who are not staying home aren't exactly moving mountains, they are doing what they can do best. There is a chance that maybe they will not be the least bit productive in a working environment outside the house. I DO agree that women should give it a try in order to find out, but a woman is still very valuable and is still a worthwhile woman if she chooses to stay home and "raise babies. Some people are better suited for that type of environment and who knows...maybe THEY will be able to take care of and raise the person who WILL move the visible mountains everyone is expecting to see. As with any life choice one makes, there needs to be preparation. If a woman chooses to stay home and take care of her household and the children, she should probably know that financially she WILL need something to fall back on in case the breadwinner of the household is one day no longer able to do so. There needs to be careful planning. Just as a women who ventures out into the work force needs to make sure that her household and children are being taken care of (through childcare, arrangements with members of the house to help cooking and cleaning, etc.) women who are suited to stay home need to make sure that other ares of their life (such as economic) are taken care of. Both lifestyles require the same amount of dedication, preparation, and attention and the women who are successful at either one of those areas should not be evaluated differently.