For women of my mother's 1, taking care of the home and child raising were viewed as the most important functions for women. The 2 view in society when she was growing up was that women should not work outside the home. This attitude was 3 in my mother at an early age. By the time mother was 25 she had five children.
Last year the youngest child left home to go to college. At that time Mom decided that she wanted to be more self-reliant, more independent. Now, she is the manager of a children's department in a large store. Her new 4 in management has enabled my mother to assert her independence and 5 skills.