Are working moms more prone to depression than those who stay at home? One faces long hours away from her family, a lot of …
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Kids of Working Moms Are More Likely to Get Hurt
In the cage match that is the debate over whether kids do better if their moms stay home or work, everything is contested.
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Are Working Moms to Blame for Childhood Obesity?
Moms, prepare to feel guilty, but only just slightly: There’s new data out there that link the more years you spend in the workforce with chubbier children.
Is Work Flexibility Good or Bad? It’s Complicated
Schedule control is largely seen as a job perk, something afforded to those who’ve proven to be so indispensable that they can call the shots. But its benefit is debatable, and for every study that touts work flexibility, …
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The Latest Figures on American Motherhood
First, the bad news: 1 in 4 women who had a baby between June 2007 and June 2008 were living in poverty, according to the most recent Census figures. Then, the not-so-bad news: of the 1.5 million unmarried mothers who gave birth …
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Working Moms’ Kids Turn Out Fine, 50 Years of Research Says
Another day, another study on whether women who work are jeopardizing their children’s well-being. According to a review of 50 years of research on the subject, kids whose moms went back to work before the kids were 3 years old …
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Another Cause of Early Puberty in Girls: Absent Dads
Kids getting older younger — KGOY, as it’s known — is not just a cultural phenomenon. Girls are literally hitting puberty at a younger age, and alarming the health community, since early onset puberty is often associated with …
Childhood obesity: moms’ work schedule a factor?
New research published in the American Journal of Epidemiology and highlighted by Reuters suggests that the increasing prevalence of moms holding down full-time jobs may be a contributing factor in the childhood obesity epidemic. In an effort to determine what factors may be driving childhood obesity, researchers from University College
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