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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The research is:

If you have enough money for the things you need without working, then children are better off with a SAHM.

If you don't have enough for those things, and being a SAHM means that you are constantly stressed about money, then kids are better off with mom working.

"Enough money" is completely subjective.  It isn't about whether or not the kids have the things you want them to have.  It's about whether or not they feel the stress of parents worrying about money.  [/quote]

Really? Where is this research, pray tell?

Also, given this framework you assert, why is it still culturally normative that the wealthiest families outsource childcare from the word go? Why all the nannies - and boarding schools - when the parents don’t even need to work on account of massive trust funds?[/quote]

Here's a metaanalysis:

https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/bul-136-6-915.pdf

"...moderator analyses indicated that early maternal employment was associated with beneficial child outcomes when families were at risk socioeconomically, particularly in the context of families with single parents and on welfare; these findings support the compensatory hypothesis of employment for these families (e.g., NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2003)….In contrast, other analyses indicated that employment was associated with negative child outcomes when families were not at risk financially (i.e., when families were middle or upper-middle class); these findings support the lost-resources hypothesis for these types of families (e.g., NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2003)….Timing of employment was also an important moderator, such that Year 1 employment was negatively associated with children’s achievement, whereas later employment (Years 2 and 3) was positively associated with achievement."

There are really a number of studies out there.

Really though, in the end, the difference is so minimal.  What really matters:
1)  maternal education
2)  SES
3)  parental stress
4)  parental physical and mental health

As far as why the wealthiest parents choose childcare from the word "go," I don't know.  I don't really even know that they do.  What I know about the wealthiest families is really mostly based on television.  I have no idea how close that is to reality.     
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