According to this report from Robert Pear of the New York Times, women are working more but not parenting less. It boggles the mind, but this is a radical notion for some people.
Researchers found that more women are now part of the workforce, but working mothers are spending as much time with their children as they were 40 years ago. Rather than choose between work and caring for their children, mothers apparently let the housework slide. The study found that time spent parenting actually increased for both married and single mothers.
Remind me to add this book to Sen. Rick Santorum’s wish list.
The findings of this new study are presented in “Changing Rhythms of American Family Life,” published by the Russell Sage Foundation and the American Sociological Association.
So much for the conventional wisdom that has fueled the guilt of working mothers for generations.
