Mothers, especially, have worried about this, since society continues to frame the debate around whether they should be working outside the home in the first place. My research shows that the debate is off the mark. Children with mothers who work, and children with mothers at home, showed little difference in the way they evaluated their mom's parenting skills. It's who parents are as people and how they care for their children that matters. We've also been afraid to ask the children because we think they'll tell us they're deprived of time with us, but that's not necessarily so either.
Most children feel they have enough time with their parents.
Those who yearn for more time together are older kids, and, typically, it's their dads that they want to spend more time with. It's HOW we work. Most want their parents to be less stressed or less tired by work. And many see money as a solution. They wish their parents earned more.