What America's Children Really Think About Working Parents, indicate that children are more concerned with how work affects their parents than with whether or not their parents have jobs outside the home . If work is stressful and unfulfilling, children will know. Children who are used to hearing positive things about their parents' work and who see their parents as enjoying work are more likely to see work as a good thing. Rather than focusing on whether or not work is good or bad for children, it is more important for parents to look at how their work affects the time they spend with their children. Ask the Children , Ellen Galinsky, William Morrow and Company, Inc., NY, 1999.
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