Harvard research links working mothers to child success

Research from Harvard Business School suggests that having a working mother can influence the long-term professional and domestic outcomes of children.

According to researcher Kathleen McGinn, daughters of working mothers in the United States were 4.5 percent more likely to be employed and more frequently held leadership positions compared to daughters of stay-at-home mothers. Specifically, 33 percent of daughters from working mothers held management roles, versus 25 percent for those with stay-at-home mothers. Additionally, these daughters earned an average of 5,200 dollars more.

For sons, the study found that while professional success was not necessarily higher, they tended to spend more time on household chores and family care, potentially due to the examples set by their mothers during childhood.