Re: Study Links Working Mothers to Slower Learning -- It's Debateable

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Subject: Re: Study Links Working Mothers to Slower Learning

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Maria

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Date Posted: 12:16:13 07/28/02 Sun
In reply to: Raisinmom 's message, "Study Links Working Mothers to Slower Learning" on 16:34:14 07/23/02 Tue

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>Now, I happen to support mothers working if they need
>OR want to; I believe in the happy mother/happy baby
>theory. But are there effects to working outside the
>home(which may of course be countered)? And what do
>we do about it -- push for longer maternity leave (so
>important for so many reasons)?

The most glaring thing I noticed about those articles is that nobody even mentioned the posssiblity of the sah parent being the *dad.* :-p

Oh, I hate to enter the mommy wars -- I have so many friends who are WOHMs, and I think for them, it's the best choice. But I have to admit that I am grateful that I'm not one of them. My mother worked full time, I had nannys and then went to two different nursery schools -- one in the morning and one in the afternoon, because there was no day care as we know it in the mid-60s. I was devestated when my nanny quit to have her own child when I was 2. So I wanted to avoid that for my child, if I could. I hate to say it, but I do think it matters that an infant or young child is at home with someone who loves the child (mom, dad, gparent) rather than a paid worker.

The working mothers I know who are happiest are the ones who work part-time for decent money -- and the only ones I know who do are RNs. They work 2 or 3 shifts a week and make good money with benefits. I don't know of any other field where that's possible.

Absolutely we should push for better maternity leaves. I also think that more people -- mothers *and* fathers and nonparents who want to have lives beyond work -- should have flextime and part-time opportunites to do rewarding work (in all senses of the word.)

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