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[quote=Anonymous]P.S. OP again.  Sorry for the lengthy above post.  Certainly make draw your own conclusions based on the above or similar studies.

My own tentative conclusion is that if there are some women (or men, really) who are in the fortunate position of being able to decide whether to be a SAHP, they should do so if that's what will make them happy and allow them to best take care of their families and contribute to their communities.  Also, moms who prefer to work should also feel fine doing so if they enjoy their career, or need to work to pay the bills, and can put their child with a trusted caregiver or high-quality daycare.

Of course, there are extreme cases re: working parents--for example, mom mentioned to me recently that her husband sees their young child for only about 30 minutes per day, which I think is too bad (for either mom or dad) although I don't know their circumstances--but in general it seems that maternal employment has limited effects on child-related outcomes.[/quote]

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