Let me give you two reasons why women should stay in the workforce when they have kids: First, you won’t be tempted to morph into one of those scary “attachment” moms who breastfeed their children until they’re walking, talking little critters. (Yes, I’m talking about that Time magazine cover, at right.) Second, having a job will keep you off the streets and make you happier (or not so depressed).
That first point is a personal bias based on aesthetic considerations, among others. The second one, though, is supported by findings of a recent Gallup poll, based on interviews with more than 60,000 women across the United States, ages 18 to 64. Here’s what Gallup finds:
Nonemployed women with young children at home are more likely than women with young children at home who are employed for pay to report experiencing sadness and anger a lot of the day “yesterday.” Stay-at-home moms are also much more likely to report having ever been diagnosed with depression than employed moms. Employed moms are about as emotionally well-off as working women who do not have children at home.
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