'Should mothers have careers?' - Christian blogger's flowchart goes viral

'Should mothers have careers?' - Christian blogger's flowchart goes viral
Photo credit: Facebook/The Transformed Wife.

A post on Facebook asking whether mothers should have careers has gone viral.

Lori Alexander, known on Facebook as The Transformed Wife, posted an image she'd drawn of a flowchart showing the "consequences" of putting career ahead of homemaking and motherhood.

The flowchart shows two options: mothers with careers, and stay-at-home mothers.

Following the flowchart, Ms Alexander reaches the conclusion that women with careers that are "away from home hours every day" will end up with their lives "falling apart".

"She doesn't feel like she is a good wife or mother," it reads.

However mothers who stay at home will have "fulfilling" lives, the flowchart claims.

"Her husband and children rise up and call her blessed!" the post said.

The flowchart of mothers with and without careers.
The flowchart of mothers with and without careers. Photo credit: Facebook/The Transformed Wife.

Comments on the post aren't happy with the insinuation that a person cannot be a good mother and have a career.

One commenter said she was a single mother and had no choice but to work.

"You, lady are horrible," said Kristin, "all you do in your writing is judge others who don't follow your beliefs".

Another called her out for "shaming women for their choices and what they do out of necessity".

On her blog, Ms Alexander wrote her principles were based on a passage from the Bible that commanded older women to teach younger women "to be sober, love and obey their husbands, love their children, be chaste, discreet, good and keepers at home".

It's not the first time a post from Ms Alexander has come under fire.

In November, she posted a photo saying women should never expect their husbands to help out with household chores.

"If you do, you won't have a happy marriage, because expectations destroy relationships... do your housework cheerfully," the post read.

It also attracted comments criticising her outdated views.

"The 1930s called and wants its marriage advice back."

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