Right, right, right. Can someone please link to the study so I can read the bloody thing myself and make my own determination about what it says. (And I know someone out there will read this blog and google the study better than I did and send me a link...but why not cite the darn thing in your newspaper article...!)
For example, some comprehensive study on working parents and the effect on their children was recently done in the UK. 17,000 kids were included in the study. Right, great. Leah McLaren of the Globe and Mail did what the Globe and Mail always does: assuages its readers that everyone should be working (in a ridiculously sexist way of course, assuming that the mother would be the only one making the choice to stay at home). Other takes on this study suggest that children in homes in which both parents are working experience an unhealthy lifestyle. Still googling, folks. As soon as I get my hands on the info, I'll get back to you on my take. And I'll include a link to the study itself.
However, I am starting to believe that because we are all human (not machines) that the very act of choosing a parenting style makes it the right choice for your family. If we do what we believe is right, this choice often happens to work out best for you. So, so. Some parents are ambivalent about parenting; it's probably better if they go to work. Some parents are committed to the idea of hands on parenting. So let them. It's all good. I am uncertain why we have to come out one side or other.
And while I'm at it, can we please start using the word 'parenting' and stop using the word 'mothering'. Anybody? Anybody?
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