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| − | [[Linda Hirshman]] declared that women who leave work to raise children are choosing “lesser lives”. | + | [[Linda Hirshman]] declared that women who leave work to raise children are choosing “lesser lives”. <ref>http://www.reason.com/news/show/33291.html</ref> |
Cathy Young wrote: | Cathy Young wrote: | ||
* For all the talk of respecting choices, only half the stay-at-home moms in a recent Washington Post poll agreed that it’s all right for the mother of a young child to get a job if she’s happier working. [ibid] | * For all the talk of respecting choices, only half the stay-at-home moms in a recent Washington Post poll agreed that it’s all right for the mother of a young child to get a job if she’s happier working. [ibid] | ||
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| + | In Actuality, stay at home moms report having happier lives than their working mom counterparts.<ref>http://www.momlogic.com/2008/07/sahm_wahm_happiness_poll.php?icid=100214839x1204880052x1200231518#start</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 19:57, July 8, 2008
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Linda Hirshman declared that women who leave work to raise children are choosing “lesser lives”. [1]
Cathy Young wrote:
- For all the talk of respecting choices, only half the stay-at-home moms in a recent Washington Post poll agreed that it’s all right for the mother of a young child to get a job if she’s happier working. [ibid]
In Actuality, stay at home moms report having happier lives than their working mom counterparts.[2]