The Surprising Connection Between Working Moms And Their Daughters’ Future Bank Accounts
If you need another reason to let go of working mom guilt, just look to a study published in the journal Work, Employment and Society, which found that adult daughters of mothers who worked outside of the home were more likely to be employed, hold more supervisory responsibility, work more hours and earn higher incomes than their peers whose mothers were not employed.
The findings were based on two surveys of 100,000 adults in 29 countries. That’s great news for moms who worry that their time at the office will negatively affect their kids, and it flies in the face of conventional wisdom that it’s in the best interest of their children if moms do not work.
Getty Images | Matt Cardy
While the career benefit did not extend to sons of working moms, it did correlate with grown s...