A London newspaper, the Telegraph, reports previous studies had suggested opposite outcomes, that children of working mothers gained a small advantage. That's a big difference. The study compared the achievements of siblings raised while the mother worked to those raised when the same mother was not absent from the home during work hours. There was some evidence that raising the family income helped the children, but not enough to compensate for the absence from the home. The Washington Post reported Monday that year-round residents from the United States are filling towns in central Mexico, making the area one of the world's most concentrated colonies of U.S. citizens living abroad.
People here are cordial, family-oriented.
They smile more. Americans have been settling in Mexico since World War ll, but in recent years, they have been coming in droves. The U.S. Embassy in Mexico City estimates that upwards of 600,000 Americans live in Mexico, including some with dual nationality. The Post said that in the tiny fishing village of Ajijic, located on Lake Chapala, about 7,500 U.S. retirees have relocated for good. Now let me send this email before my wife reads this and screams about my office area.