Social scientists have been studying the children of working mothers and the children of full-time homemakers for more than half a century, comparing the two groups and trying to determine whether one does better than the other over the long run. And -- guess what? The sum total of all that research shows that there’s no difference whatsoever between the children of working mothers and the children of stay-at-home moms.
To be sure, there are many other factors that do help to predict how well children will turn out. Their parents’ consistent emotional availability is very important, for instance. And poverty is a major risk factor for children, substantially increasing the odds of a host of negative outcomes. But there’s no direct correlation between the work status of the mom and whether her children fare well or not.
Coming soon, two more reasons why working moms should be happy about what they do.
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