In the article, the author discussed whether women should be a stay-at-home mother or a

working mother in order to raise their children with better morals and values. The author
stated that stay-at-home mothers got tremendous responsibilities of only having one chance
of raising their children in such a way that makes a difference in their childrens live.

The authors intended audience were mothers. The author wanted to persuade mothers
to believe that a stay-at-home mother was better than a working mother. The author defined
some terms such as breadwinner, the one expected to work and support the family, and
nurturer, the one that stayed at home and raised the children.

The author agreed that stay-at-home mothers were much better than working mothers
in order to raise their children in an effective way. The author started the issue that stay-at-
home mothers got tremendous responsibilities in raising their children in such a way that
makes a difference in their childrens lives and in society. As for working mother, their
children were left to the cares of babysitter.

This was caused by the working mothers to have no time and unable to personally
instil ethical standard in her children and leaving them to receive their value system from
strangers. The children will grow up thinking that they can do what they want, in a way that
there is nothing wrong with their behaviour. Stay-at-home mothers could teach and be a
model with good behaviours and moral fortitude. By emulating these morals values, children
enter their adulthood with necessary tools needed to produce a successful society.

Concerned tone was used by the author where the author deeply cared about the issue.
Based on the supports that the author used, firstly, most of them were relevant. It meant that
they were directly related to the argument except one where Sibyl Nieman stated that society
truly does begin at home. The paragraph was talking about the decline in family unit and
society was due to working mothers but what Sibyl Nieman stated was not directly related to
stay-at-home mothers. It could be stay-at-home fathers or even strangers at home such as
babysitters.

Secondly, the supports used were complete which means that the author stated both
sides of the argument. This could be seen from paragraph 5 and 6 where the author also
mentioned the benefits for having a working mother. The supports stated that working
mothers are able to teach their children the advantages of working outside of the house and
also the needs to contribute to their familys well-being. This kind of supports were against
the authors position.

Lastly, the supports in this article were valid, meant that they were logical and well-
reasoned. For example, the support from paragraph 5 told the readers that working mothers
are able to teach their children how to be independent, inquisitive and ambitious. In the other
hand, the author used Reed Karaims personal experience from paragraph 5 as a support and
it was stated convincingly, meant that the support was credible.

The article used the authors opinion but to support the article the author used fact and
other opinions. There was some facts acted as support for this article. For instance, through
history, society has looked upon the male as the breadwinner: the one expected to work and
support family. Next, during 1960s women want more rights, power, and the ability to get
higher paying jobs. According to a non- partisan Public Agenda survey in 2000, roughly 80
percent of parent with children five younger say a stay at home parent is best able to give
children the affection and attention they need. There were many opinions that the author
used to support the article. For example, opinions from Sibyl Niemann who said that
society truly does begin at home. There is something valuable in a mothers caring for her
owns child stated Richard Lowry.

The article was organized logically that the important of the role of stay at home
mother should be restored, because working mother have no time with their children and
unable to personally instil ethical standard in her children, thus leaving her children to receive
their value system from stranger. The article was also easy to follow, because the author
generally appeared to be inductive in reasoning and provided all the specific supports to
argue that why stay-at-home mothers need to be restored.

In this text, the author used some bias words. The author referred mothers care as
superior to daycare and used words such as aggressive, unproductive and lazy work
ethics to describe generations that are not being cared by stay-at-home mothers.

As a conclusion, the author wanted to persuade mothers to agree with the authors
stand. The author used concerned tone and stated relevant, complete, valid and credible
supports. The article was mainly the authors opinion. It was organized logically and easy to
follow even though the author used some bias words.

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