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One of the ways that I have experienced care work in my family has been through the help of my spouse and parents. They have been the essential persons that have helped me in this stage of my life. Becoming a mother as I still had a role as an employee and student has been a very challenging and I cannot imagine how it would have been if I had not have the support of my husband and parents. My husband has taken roles that in his family might not be typical. He helps me with as much as he can with chores around the house and the baby.

I found the issues presented in “Juggling Work and Care “ are very beneficial and should be done here in the United States. I found it very interested that the CARE program was very flexible and dependable for any women or mother entering the work force. By employers being more flexible to the lifestyles of the person even those that are working mothers. It can be argued that this will jeopardize the dedication of the women that works, however, it does not do that at all in fact according to the video become more loyal and committed to the job and it even forces them more to be more active in other things. I really like the outcomes of how the UK works. I think even more women would in fact feel more comfortable working with benefits like these especially young mothers who are students and that sometimes depend on their income to provide not only for their children but for their education. Having the security for your job from your employer is in fact very attractive and much needed.

Society needs to reconstruct their notions of the home “women’s work”. In the video in regards to the Love Economy states that women’s work is not recognized which in fact is a mistake because in a way it degrading and it just places monetary value to work a work that is worth probably even more that the one already valued. There should not be a reason why women’s work should not be defined by Love work or have no monetary value and other type of work does. I found all the video such as juggling work and care, love economy, changing gender roles, very uniquely appealing to try to make our society change its ways of looking at the work that mothers do just as duty but also work not just women’s work but everyone sort of necessary work. Just the notation of women’s work just to me seems a bit derogative why should it be this way? I understand that there are myths that define the culture of a women ,however, we must begin to change these ideas deeply installed upon us. I know that as a married Mexican –American wife my role as a mother and “duties” were in fact going to be bit different than what my mother or mother-in-law roles. I still believe that change is its way but there is a need for women themselves construct a different view of their work. Although, it may take a while because like in the video showed, women just want to do the work, even if men try to help.I think the negative connotation should be removed by stating that what women work is not valuable it is just mere love work.