In the span of the past decade, full-time work outside the home has lost some of its appeal to mothers. This trend holds both for mothers who have such jobs and those who don't.
Among working mothers with minor children (ages 17 and under), just one-in-five (21%) say full-time work is the ideal situation for them, down from the 32% who said this back in 1997, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Fully six-in-ten (up from 48% in 1997) of today's working mothers say part-time work would be their ideal, and another one-in-five (19%) say she would prefer not working at all outside the home. (From the Pew Research Center) Click on the link to see the entire study. http://pewresearch.org/pubs/536/working-women What are your thoughts on this? I am currently working part time (3 full days a week) and working on my PhD one day a week. I spend the final weekday hanging out with my daughter. I feel more balanced right now than I ever have in my career. How are you feeling about your work-home balance right now? Do you agree with the research?
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