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Motherly advice for the working
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —For
women with children who need
to find extra time in their busy
lives, Irvina Siegel Lew, herself
a working woman and mother
of three, has one word of
advice: organize.
A mother’s life doesn’t have
to be chaotic, claims Lew,
author of the paperback book,
“You Can’t Do It All: Ideas That
Work for Mothers Who Work,”
as well as numerous articles on
organization techniques for
magazines.
Now, she has produced the
“Moms’ Survival Guide,” in
conjunction with the makers of
Ziploc storage bags, a booklet
filled with tips, advice and
answers to make life easier for
mothers.
Any mother, whether she
works outside the home or not,
has to organize three key things:
her time, her home and her
children, Lew points out.
A major part of her strategy is
to organize the children —
starting early. /
“Routine is the key,” she
explains. “By establishing
routines and supervising them
carefully, you can encourage
independence and
responsibility in your
youngsters.”
She suggests making them
feel that they work as important
members of a team, rather than
just “helping mommy.”
Among the tips she offers for
saving time:
• Make a game of choosing
chores by writing down
different duties on index cards,
including cards with prizes on
them, such as an extra hour of
television. The children can
reach into a bag to pick a job at
random.
' • Help children learn to
dress themselves by color
coordinating their wardrobes.
Buy their clothing in one color
scheme, according to their
preference, so almost any top
will match any bottom.
• Organize outfits in jumbo
zipper-top bags, putting a
matching top, bottom and pair
of socks in each bag, to create a
ready-to-go wardrobe.
• Put low hooks in
children’s rooms so they can
hang up their own clothes.
• Let your children decide
how they want to arrange their
toys. Give them recloseable
bags for organizing puzzle and
game pieces, crayons and small
toys.
•Teach your children to set
and clear the table, keeping
eating utensils and napkins in
low drawers, but keep sharp
knives out of their reach.
• If your children don’t yet
read, place pictures on drawers
and cabinets so they will know
what belongs where.
• Store youngsters’ snack
foods on a low shelf in the
refrigerator or a low cabinet so
they can get them themselves.
• Wash the dishes with a
different child each night. Both
you and your child will look
forward to your special time
alone together.
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Aggienizing Answers
How do you feel about women in the work force?
by Melisa Hohlt
The lack of conviction
among students on this campus
about an issue that will
eventually affect us all is
depressing to say the least.
Most students were less than
enthusiastic when asked this
week how they feel about the
increasing numbers of women
entering the job market. The
most common response was, “I
really haven’t thought about it. ”
Perhaps this answer was given
so frequently because
underclassmen haven’t looked
that far ahead.
Those who actually have
thought about it say the
increase is a good step in the
right direction.
One student is in favor of
women going to work because
he says they are an asset on the
job.
“I think it’s good because
they can offer more opinions
and be more creative, ” says
sophomore mechanical
engineering major David
Paradis.
Another male student who is
happy with the increase is
freshman chemistry major
Walter Ripple.
“I think it’s great, ” he says.
“That’s what women like to do,
and I think they want to be
bread winners too. ”
Of course the responding
women say they are happy
about the increase in the
number of working women,
because, after all, no females
here are working on their
M.R.S. degrees, right?
Mary Jones, a senior
management major from
College Station, sums up her
beliefs on working women in
just one sentence.
“That’s what we’re all going
to college for, ” she says.
Although he says he is really
indifferent about his feelings,
freshman business major Eric
Ruppert says that he is
unbiased toward women
because the best prepared
person should get the job.
This attitude seems to exist
among several A&M students.
Many of you say color, race and
sex should have nothing to do
with obtaining a job.
“Although I am for equal
rights and opportunities, I don’t
think it’s right or fair for
businesses to force equal
rights, ” says Judy Webb, a
senior chemical engineering
major from San Angelo.
Melissa Glover, a junior
chemistry major from Dallas,
says she thinks that an
increasing number of working
women is good, but that the
equal rights wheels are slow to
move. She adds that although
job opportunities are getting
better for women, the dominant
males are still talking more than
they are doing.
Dan Fellows, a senior finance
major from Dallas, says he
thinks a woman has just as
much right to a job as a man
has as long as she is qualified.
Stacey Shaeffer, a senior
psychology major from San
Antonio says everyone should
have a fair chance in life
regardless of sex, but that
doesn’t always seem to happen.
“I think everyone is equal,
but I think there is a definite
male dominance in society, ”
she says.
Shaeffer says she believes
that men in some businesses
still see attractive women as a
distraction, and that these same
men don’t take such women
seriously.
Although she is happy about
the increase of women who are
choosing to work, Shaeffer says
that women who elect to stay
home have just as much right to
do that.
“I think everyone in a family
has to contribute, ” she says,
“and if you’re happy staying at
home and raising children,
more power to you. What you
want out of life is what’s
important. ”
It seems, however, that not
everyone has come to terms
with the fact that women can
vote, offer valuable advice and
even walk while chewing gum.
Junior poultry science major
Gary Tiller is tentative in his
acceptance of the working
women of America.
“I think it’s a fact that’s going
to have to be gotten used to, ”
he says. “Women can’t afford
to stay at home partly because
this is a materialistic society. I
also think women are not
satisfied to stay at home. ”