From a press release that landed in my inbox, declaring there is a “new movement of stay-at-home momism” and that “despite the progress women have made and despite the overwhelming number of reasons why women should stay in the workplace, more and more young mothers are opting to raise children full time.”

• Workforce participation for married women with children has dropped from 59% in 1998 to 52% in 2000
• In 2005, there were 5.4 million stay at home moms compared with 4.5 million in 2003
• Twice as many Gen-X mothers as baby boomer mothers spend more than 12 hours a day attending to child rearing and household responsibilities

Apparently the overwhelming number of reasons for “stay at work” moms is decreasing!

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