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This 3 page paper argues that there are positive effects of working motherhood on children as well as on the mothers themselves. Several factors are noted. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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been construed as myth. Women today contend that they cannot do both. They cannot be effective mothers and workers as well, but there are positive effects that working women have
on their children and also, there seems to be an absence of literature that contends otherwise. The old idea that women would harm their children by going to work has
not be validated. In fact, Han, Waldfogel & Brooks-Gunn (2001) find that when controlling for the husbands employment status, that mothers employment status made some difference. That
is, children "whose mothers worked in the 1st year and whose fathers were present but did not work, and children whose mothers worked in the 1st year and then dropped
out of the labor market, fared worse in terms of their long-run cognitive outcomes than did other children whose mothers worked in the 1st year of life" (p.336). It is
possible then that a mothers employment early in the childs life could result in improved cognition. While many contend that mothers in the workforce effectively harm children, or that it
is better to stay home, anecdotal evidence finds that there are cases where women in the workforce provide a sense of stability for children. Koyana (2002) for example reports on
Magona who is a single mother and able to produce well-adjusted children. Her children had become successful adults and she proves that while the Eurocentric legal system as well as
the "traditional African patriarchal system" seemed to work against her, she could still be a good mother (2002). She proves the theorists wrong by succeeding despite the fact that she
is a single black female (2002). In this case study, one sees that the woman is a good example of how women can go out to work, become excellent role
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