Working moms are always fending off guilt. Are we spending enough time with our tots? Is day care screwing them up? Will they be complaining someday to a therapist about how mommy didn’t pay enough attention?They're not quite sure why, yet, though.
Scientists now say we can hang up the guilt. Our jobs, as it turns out, might be the best thing in the world for our kids – especially the girls.
A new study that tracked nearly 19,000 British children found that little girls with stay-at-home mothers were twice as likely to develop emotional or behavioral problems by age 5 as girls with working moms.
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
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Working mom guilt, be gone! Your kids fare better, study finds
Labels:
Behaviour,
Children,
Emotions,
Working Moms
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