Study: Working Mothers Have One More Reason to Feel Guilty

Oh you said exactly what I was thinking. A mother ALWAYS works......and it isn't easy. And a mother who works outside the home works twice as hard as any man, if that man doesn't help with household chores and child rearing.
Another point, I think, most women who do work outside the home do it because of the need for extra income.

After my first child was born I really didn't want to go back to work and have my baby spend a good part of her day in day care. The problem was that we needed my income to pay the bills. I kept looking for a way out until a friend of mine told me that she found a way a to make a nice income from home . She told me that she found out about it at this website ( HttP://bit.LY/MomsHomeIncome ) I was very skeptical but I figured that I had nothing to lose by checking it out. I ended up getting a great work-at-home situation and I not only make good money now but I get to spend most of my day doing what I love… being a mommy!

Could it be that working mothers are more likely to have private insurance, hence more likely to take their children to seek medical help? Could it be that these children with private insurance, and in some cases double coverage thanks to two working parents, will more likely be admitted because medical professionals will be confident that most any treatment they administer will be payed for? Just a thought.

Well said. Mothers who stay home have no lunch breaks, no one to gossip with, no pat on the back. Their work is never done.

I was a single dad for 5 years before remarrying. it is very hard and it is natural that our kids would suffer compared to normal families. but please don't think women are the only ones doing this. i worked 65 hours a week in contruction and took care of my home. very few women come close to that.

I agree, it seems ridiculous to say "Working Mother" in this day and age AND economic times.

Gotta wonder, who funded this study at the U of North Carolina ECONOMICS dept? I'd tend to believe it if a psychology dept or medical school did such a study, but this REEKS of some elitist group saying, "Here's $$$ so you can go find data that says what we want it to." Article said they took "20 years of data" from federal National Health Interview Survey. Never heard of that in my life, and wonder who's behind it?

I went thru all the formats when my children were small -- full time job outside the home, stay home mom for 2 years, and then part time job outside home. NEVER had a kid spend an overnight stay in hospital until our older child was in junior high.

I agree with you. A stay at home mom can easily be to blame for unhealthy or smothered kids. I can't believe this article has any kind of support behind it. Complete nonsense. A working mother can raise healthy children just as a stay at home mother, it depends on the values of the family.

I kinda thought the writer of this article was making fun of the study. Maybe I read it wrong. But I did stay home and had an in-house day care so I could stay home with my kids and bring in an income. They actually blossomed with this arrangement because they had other kids to play with but still had Mom around. I eventually had to go to work to help pay the bills but I hated it. Now I'm a Realtor so I can stay home when needed and work when my husband is home. Of course, my kids are older now but I think they appreciate that someone is always around if needed.

LOL, I am a 25 year old single mother to an 8 year old. Things are harder than anything I could imagine and I 100% agree with your comment. As women and men it is our choice to make the children and it is our responsibiity to take care of these children to the best of our abilities regardless of these "facts" stated above. In this society we have to thrive in order to allow our children to thrive. If you have to work or stay at home to ensure that then that is YOUR choice because YOU are trying to do what YOU think is best for YOUR child. If you believe you need praise for doing what you should be doing then maybe you are doing what you are doing not so much for your children but more for yourself. Which makes you the opposite of a good parent.

My mother did not work until my brother and I were in school, and then her work schedule had her home when we got home. We were lucky in that way and I wouldn't have traded it for anything. Part of the problem is that, in a two-parent home, they think they have to have a big house and two cars. So, of course, both parents have to work. Maybe in this economy that's not the norm. But if you have children, they are your responsibility. Whether it is the mother or the father who stays home, I think it is worth it's weight in gold. So I applaud you and your husband for working it out.

I have "worked" at home and outside the home. If you do not believe being at home is work, you are clearly not running a household. I used to leave my three children off at school and sigh a deep sigh of relief. I would find solice in having a lunch hour and using the toilet by myself. I worked in an accounting office in a job that was routine and enjoyable. I decided to stay home with my three children (one of which is autistic). Best and hardest decision I had to make. I love my children immensly, but being home with them and volunteering in various capacities is far harder than my full time job could ever be. I feel that both types of working mothers contribute greatly to their families and society as a whole. Every mother works hard in the pursuit of a happy and healthy family. Every family has a unique set of needs and options. Stop this insane vitriol and begin having respect for all types of mothers.

Oh my goodness. I rarely get bent out of shape over comments but this one just hurts. Managing a household is so stressful and is definitely work. Granted, I homeschool 2 of my children so that adds a whole other dimension. However, managing a household and managing it well is very demanding. Intellectually stimulating, unfortunately no, but man does it feel like work! I don't have free time and I'm 'on the clock' from the moment I wake up. I have a daily struggle with feeling crushed under the weight of all I do and feeling like it is deemed worthless in our society.