A Hidden Bonus For Working Moms
Money|August 2018

New research shows that daughters raised by mothers with careers earn more and have better jobs.

Kristen Bahler
A Hidden Bonus For Working Moms

EVERY DAY, MORE THAN 25 MILLION moms commute, clock in, and climb career ladders across the country. And that number is growing. At the same time, a full third of Americans believe the “ideal situation” for young children is one in which their mother doesn’t work at all, according to a 2015 Pew Research Center report. Only 4% say the same of fathers.

Yet according to a growing body of research, working mothers have an overwhelmingly positive influence on their children, with an emphasis on daughters in particular.

This story is from the August 2018 edition of Money.

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