Working part-time when you are a young mother is a guarantee of health and well-being. A part-time job would be more beneficial for moms than a full-time job or no job at all. This is revealed by a study published in the December issue of the journal Journal of Family Psychology. Similarly, mothers working part-time (any work shift from one to 32 hours per week) show fewer signs of depression than full-timers and stay-at-home moms. Even more obvious results when their children are very young. To reach these conclusions, researchers examined data from more than 1,300 American mothers over a ten-year period. >> To read also: Depression: the keys to emerging stronger
The survey demonstrates, if necessary, the importance of work in personal development.
“The economic role of the mother is very important in family life, it reinforces her well-being and her role as mother“, researcher Cheryl Buehler, from the University of North Carolina, explained to the health site WebMD. >> More information on stress at work in our file
Although this study is not the first to compare the well-being of full-time working mothers and that of stay-at-home mothers, it does have the merit of focusing on a subject that has not yet been explored: the repercussions of part-time work. motherhood, family life and parenting in general.
Part-time work: better for children’s education
The researchers thus observed that mothers working part-time were, contrary to what one might think, “just as present during their children’s school activities as stay-at-home mothers” and more present than working mothers. full time.
Another lesson is that mothers working part-time are more attentive to their babies and provide more learning opportunities for their young than stay-at-home or full-time working mothers.
Conclusion, a part-time job would therefore be a good compromise to be able to reconcile professional life and family life as well as possible.
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