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Now
some women are spending a weekend at Mother's Camp. There, husbands and
children are not allowed. Why would a woman want to take a vacation without her
family? Some women say they need time to be alone.
At Mother's
Camp a woman has room to herself. She can sleep, read or watch TV, and no one
will bother her. No children will ask. "Mum, what's for dinner?" No
husband will say, "Oh, dear, I can't find any clean socks." In fact
almost 50% of women in the United States work out- side the home. Many of them
work full-time and then come home to a second job-taking care of their homes
and families. These working women say one of their biggest problems is
housework.
In
the United States, working wives do about 75% of the housework. Many of their
husbands say they want to help. But then they burn the rice or they can't find
the pans. They ask so many questions that their wives decide it is easier to do
the job themselves.
Some
women go to Mother's Camp just to get a break from housework. For two days they
don't cook, they don't clean, they don't look after their children and husbands.
What do they do? They enjoy warm, sunny weather, walking, swimming or boating
in a clear blue lake and singing songs around the campfire. They relax away
from home. They have a really wonderful vacation at Mother's Camp.
