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Working moms' feelings of accomplishment diminish as societal norms change and dads engage in bigger roles at home with the kids, Live Science reports.
New research, to be published in the journal, "Personal Relationships," finds that while more women enter the workforce and have less time for care-giving and at-home tasks, more men begin helping out with the kids and household chores. This can lower women's self-esteem as they lose pride in their motherly duties.
In the study, researchers interviewed 78 couples in the United States, with 8-month-old infants.The findings revealed that women spent nearly three times as much time taking care of the babies by themselves than their husbands, and husbands rated their wives' parenting skills well above what women rated their husbands' skills.
However, women said their husbands were good parents even if they helped with normal care-giving like feeding and changing diapers. Husbands, on the other hand, didn't think these tasks contributed to making their wives good parents, most likely because they expect women to do this.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
3-21-2010 @ 11:41PM
Rebecca said...What a flaming crock! Ladies, quit letting the media tell you how to feel. Your parenting skills are NOT diminished simply because the children's father steps up & is responsible. So, because 39 women have serious self-esteem issues, this applies the rest of us? Why do studies like this even see the light of day? Children need involvement from BOTH parents, and if both parents can recognize this, everybody wins.
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3-22-2010 @ 12:09PM
Hollee Temple said...I have to agree with Rebecca. Why do dads just "help" with the kids? I don't think this study takes into account the reality that today's dads really want to be involved parents, and that means that many do a heck of a lot more than "helping."
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3-22-2010 @ 11:49AM
Susan Newman, Ph.D. said...While these mothers of 8-month olds probably aren't ready to have another child, when they are, it's more a question of will they, not self-esteem. Check out: If Dads Help More, Will Women Have More Babies? at Psychology Today magazine in the Singletons blog.
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