A new study raises questions about whether America's reliance on day care is helping or hurting children. The federal study , out today, links long hours of early day care away from mothers to higher test scores, but also to increased aggression and misbehavior in kindergarten.
Women are in the workplace.
That is an economic reality for many women. It is a legal requirement with welfare reform since 1996. Family and medical leave need to be longer. It needs to be paid, so that more people can take advantage of it for longer periods of time. The problem is not that mothers are working.