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Working Moms Are Happier than Moms Who Don't Work

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According to a new study and reported by BBC News, moms who work are significantly happier than stay-at-home moms. Other interesting findings:

Having children does not increase the life satisfaction of men (can this be true?)

Moms (with partners) who work part-time report the highest job satisfaction (yes, part-time is the ideal many moms are after)

Stay-at-home moms get happier when their kids start school (which might suggest that they their life satisfaction increases when they get more time to do things other than just being a mom)

Is this surprising? We don't think so -- being a mom is an amazing experience, but for many of us, it's part of who we are and not all of who we are. Working - full-time, part-time, from home, from an office, however - allows us to explore those other parts of ourselves, which is a good thing.

What do you think? Are you surprised?

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I am conducting research on this right now! My preliminary results are that satisfactiondepends on two key factors: 1) sense of control over schedule and 2) highly satisfying work. I think the finding about part time work and high satisfaction is true so long as the part time work is a real expression of one's self. I am looking for more people to take the survey and will be happy to share full results. www.conspirecoaching.com/blog

Flag as inappropriate Posted by Conspire Coach Jen on 3rd July 2011
Not surprised, but finally happy to read something like this. That's what I've been saying. visit my site www.womencanhaveitall.com

Flag as inappropriate Posted by on 11th March 2008