Children in low-income homes fare better in kindergarten if moms work when they are babies

Monday, June 16, 2014 - 13:50 in Psychology & Sociology

Kindergarteners from lower-income families who were babies when their mothers went to work outside the home fare as well as or even better than children who had stay-at-home moms, according to new research. Time, stress and money were the main factors the researchers examined to determine the effects of mothers' employment on children.

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