Equipping our women to better home-makers

Equipping our women to better home-makers

You are probably already choking or cursing me as you read the title of this blog. Trust me, I am no woman hater, I have a lovely wife and 2 daughters, both of who are girls :-)

What behooves me write about this unique enablement is the apathy demonstrated by our society towards women, who are home-makers and of such women, who think it is their "ill-fortune" that they have to be confined to the kitchen or home all their life - what the society likes to label as "simply a house-wife".

How many times have you heard the expression - "oh, I am only a house-wife" or, "my life is wretched, I am only a house-wife". It is high time, we as  a society, give our home-makers the respect they truly deserve and actively promote home making as a profession. 

Profession? Now, you are wondering, where is the "profession" in home making? Where is the money? But remember, all professions are not meant to be money making. Like our companies and corporates - some are "for profit" and many others are "Not For Profit" (NFP) companies. You can't do a a great job in both simultaneously, nevertheless, both are important for a society. Ditto for home-making. Like the Not for Profit companies, they are equally important as the society, and need the right training to fully equip themselves to be good wives, good mothers, good home makers and good in several other roles (daughter-in-law, etc.)

Here is an inventory of what people need to be adept in, in order to become a successful home-maker. You will notice, I use the word people and not woman, since, once, people realize the importance of home making, their would be no gender-tagging.

1.    Basic medicine, health, first aids

2.    Human psychology (child psychology, in particular, if planning to raise a family

3.    The art of Communication, specially articulation - remember, the home-maker in an expanded role has to speak for the tiny tots as well, not just for the self

4.    Cooking sciences - this does not mean cooking great food, but rather cooking healthy food, knowing food value requirements and nutrients

5.    Basic language and math skills - local language skills and math to impart basic education to the tiny tots

I do not intend to make this a laundry list and don’t claim that this is in an order of importance. To me, they are the top 5 important skills home makers must have to be successful.

Our society must come up with NGOs and Not For Profit companies that work towards the success of home-makers. Remember, love and success begin at home!