50 points for just one question on english (essay types) 12th grade Read the excerpt from Mary Wollstonecraft’s essay “Parental Affection” by Mary Wollstonecraft.
To be a good mother--a woman must have sense, and that independence of mind which few women possess who are taught to depend entirely on their husbands. Meek wives are, in general, foolish mothers; wanting their children to love them best, and take their part, in secret, against the father, who is held up as a scarecrow. If they are to be punished, though they have offended the mother, the father must inflict the punishment; he must be the judge in all disputes: but I shall more fully discuss this subject when I treat of private education, I now only mean to insist, that unless the understanding of woman be enlarged, and her character rendered more firm, by being allowed to govern her own conduct, she will never have sufficient sense or command of temper to manage her children properly.
According to Wollstonecraft, good mothers are _______. Select all that apply.
independent thinkers
educated by their husbands
the guardians of her own conduct
punish children severely
allow her children to be punished by the father