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Working Moms' Q & A
The daily tug-of-war between your career and your kids can leave you torn between the two worlds. Where do you turn? The Juggling Workshop! Ask questions and share suggestions about juggling work and family.
This month's question:
Is there any research done to prove that
children of working moms are just as happy and well-adjusted as children
of stay at-home moms or moms who work part time? I recently went back to work
full time and am feeling tremendous guilt about being a horrible mom!
-- Lynn
Lynn,
The guilt comes with the territory. But as long as you know your child is
begin well cared for, you can stop being so hard on yourself.
There's an on-going study about early childcare by the National Institute of
Child Health and Human Development (called the Early Child Care Study) that
has been releasing their findings over the past two years. To echo a
headline in the Los Angeles Times yesterday, "Cancel that Guilt Trip: Day
Care's Good for Kids After All."
What they have found so far is that children in larger preschools learn more
and behave better than those in small home or nanny situations. The one
warning that a lot of people got mileage out of last year was that long
hours spent away from a mother can affect the quality of her interaction
with her child. But not if the mother makes a point to interact and bond
with her child whenever she is with the child.
The key factors are the quality of the mother-child relationship and the
quality of the day care environment. Since I'm sure you rate high on both,
don't worry. You're probably doing fine.
Working together we can make a difference.
-- Cathy
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!! My son is 8 weeks old and I just went back to work 3 days per week. I'm still going to feel guilty, but just not all the time.
-- Dawn
I am a new mom (my son is one). I also feel guilty about working even though I work from home an average of one day a week. But it's good to know I'm not alone.
-- Cecelia
The book "A Mother's Place" addresses the subject well. I thoroughly enjoyed the book - it helped with my guilt!
-- another Mom
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!! My son is 8 weeks old and I just went back to work 3 days per week. I'm still going to feel guilty, but just not all the time.
-- DAwn
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