| Maternal employment may lead to greater income, but | | | | relationship between the mother and the child is |
| it affects child development, which is evident in child | | | | significant to the child's behavior outcomes. Factors like |
| behavior outcomes. The affects of maternal | | | | social support, maternal attachment experience, the |
| employment on childcare and childrearing are | | | | mother's perception towards childcare, and the child |
| dependent on socio-economic, cultural, and | | | | and the mother's stress and depressive symptoms all |
| environmental factors. The particular characteristics of | | | | affect a mother's interaction with her child. Maternal |
| a mother's job influence her child and family. Job | | | | work conditions relate to maternal mood and impacts |
| flexibility, demands, independence, and wages affect | | | | mother and child interaction. |
| the mother in her various roles. Maternal employment | | | | Mothers are working in increasing numbers. An |
| changes family functioning, including interactions with | | | | increase of women in the workforce and, by |
| the child. Job-related stress affects mothers' | | | | extension, mothers in the workforce, is inevitable in |
| perceptions and approaches to childcare. | | | | society and within many families. A mother's increased |
| The timing of the mothers' employment has long-term | | | | income can provide her children with additional |
| effects on the cognitive development and study habits | | | | opportunities. Nevertheless, it is important to consider |
| of the child. Maternal employment during infancy is vital | | | | the different ways that this dual role will affect the |
| to children's development trajectories. The child | | | | children's interactions with both their mother and father. |
| constructs a view of the self and the social world as a | | | | Each family situation is different and they must |
| respond to early maternal employment. This is usually | | | | determine not only if maternal employment is best, and |
| a reflection of the experience on the childcare setting | | | | if so, under what conditions. To successfully function in |
| and the family. | | | | the changing family structure, mothers and fathers will |
| The attitude and behavior of mothers towards | | | | need to adapt. The affects of mothers who work are |
| parenting, and their perception on child care are critical | | | | complex and deserve further exploration and personal |
| to the early life exposure of the child. This affects the | | | | consideration within each family. |
| child's behavior and health outcomes in later life. The | | | | |