More research to show working mums not bad for babies
The evidence keeps piling up to show what should already be known and understood:
Working mums are not bad for babies.
Findings from the Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children found that there is little difference between how much time the babies of working mothers are held, cuddled and read to compared to the babies of full time stay at home mothers.
Australian Institute of Family Studies Research Fellow Dr Jennifer Baxter said the findings indicated that babies of working mothers did not miss out on activities that were considered to be beneficial - in particular being hugged or cuddled, and being read or talked to.
“And while babies spent less time with their mother if she was in paid work, this time appeared to be made up by the babies’ fathers and with other relatives such as grandparents.”
Okay. Enough said.
