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Page 24 - Disagree that a preschool child is likely to suffer if his or her mother works. 6. Agree that a working mother can establish just as warm and secure a relationship with her children as a mother who does not work.
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Page 5 - Falcoff is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research in Washington, DC, and a former national fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University.
Page 37 - Provides a forum for family researchers, educators, and practitioners to share in the development and dissemination of knowledge about families and family relationships, establishes professional standards, and works to promote family well-being.
Page 37 - Families is responsible for federal programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities.
Page 25 - Indeed, a 1997 survey found that 41% of paid workers agreed that it is much better for everyone involved if the man earns the money and the woman takes care of the home and children.
Page 14 - ... more at home. Although most men still do less housework than their wives, the gap has been halved since the 1960s. Today, 49 percent of couples say they share childcare equally, compared with 25 percent of 1985. Men's greater involvement at home is good for their relationships with their parents, and also good for their children. Hands-on fathers make better parents than men who let their wives do all the nurturing and childcare: They raise sons who are more expressive and daughters who are more...