About the Book

Mothers today are under siege. Society belittles mothers at home while telling mothers at work they are blighting their children's lives. Susan Chira, a veteran New York Times journalist, separates myth from reality, showing how the media, the courts, and politicians have conducted a backlash against working mothers that hurts all women. Here, she reviews the latest scientific research and shows, contrary to popular belief, that children of working mothers turn out just as well as those raised by stay-at-home mothers. But instead of telling mothers where their place should be, Chira wants to reframe this distorted debate and help mothers get where they want to be, whether at home or at work.

Product Details

• ISBN: 9780060930240
• ISBN 10: 0060930241
• Imprint: Harper Paperbacks
• On Sale: 12/30/1998
• Pages: 336
• List Price:18.50 CAD
• BISAC1 : PSYCHOLOGY / General
• BISAC2 : SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
• BISAC3 : SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory
• BISAC4 : SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies
• BISAC5 : FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Motherhood

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