Working mums are happier and healthier study finds

Submitted by Minuteman on Tue, 2011-12-13 01:56

Story here. Excerpt:

'A study published by the American Psychological Association found that mothers with jobs were healthier and happier than mums who stay at home during their children's infancy and pre-school years. It found that the best way for mums to balance their working and home life was to work part time, which involved between one and 32 hours per week.

The research involved interviewing 1364 mothers, including 24 percent ethnic minorities, 1 percent without a high school degree, and 14 percent single parents, shortly after their child's birth with interviews and observation over 10 years from 1991.

Lead author Cheryl Buehler, PhD, professor of human development and family studies, at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro said the study found there was no difference between mums who worked part time and full time.'

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In all these kinds of articles, the unspoken factor is the husband/father's income that is supporting mom's "choice" to work or not, or to work part-time. What happens when a man tells his wife that now that they are having a child, he wants to work part-time to have the joys of hands-on fatherhood and she has to work full-time and oh, by the way, should he decide to leave her, she gets stuck paying the alimony (as she will likely be earning more than him) and child support (since if he is lucky, his chances will go up to get custody since he will have been the primary caregiver)? The answer is pretty obvious: she says "No way Jose!" But for some strange reason, when the sexes are reversed, well, it's all well and good.

If justice will ever get done on the matter of what happens after a divorce occurs and there are kids involved, the law and courts must agree that the children are the joint responsibility in terms of both time and finances of both parties and that is that-- no budging. Only exception is if one (or both) of the parents clearly cannot act as a competent parent. But otherwise, the presumption of joint custody and absolutely equal financial obligations to the raising of the kids is non-negotiable if the interests of gender-blind justice are to be served.

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Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2011-12-13 04:04