In Norway, The Key To A Child's Success Is A Rich Stay-At-Home Mother
Wednesday, January 21, 2015 - 15:10
in Psychology & Sociology
In an interview of wealthy Norwegian business elites, mothers talked freely about their everyday lives - and why being wealthy enough to not have to work is important to many of them. Among the 13 families chronicled by sociologist Helene Aarseth from the University of Oslo in Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning (Journal of Gender Research), nine of the women were full-time mothers or had a small part-time job which did not interfere with their ability to be home with the children when they returned from school. Prior to leaving the workplace, almost all the wealthy mothers had a prestigious education within law or economics. read more