Goodbye to the guilt of the working mom

A 2010 meta-analysis of 69 studies over 50 years found that, in general, children whose mothers worked when they were young had no major learning, behaviour or social problems, tended to be high achievers in school and have less depression and anxiety. The positive effects were particularly strong for children from low-income or single-parent families, while some studies showed negative …

Goodbye to Working Mommy Guilt

  Guilt is an emotional response that serves as a warning sign and emotional regulator.  It signals the need for behavioural modification in order to prevent repeating what we personally regard as wrong more than once.  Guilt should serve a helpful purpose in teaching us about our own behaviour instead of being an emotional and irrational response to encounters. New …