Many women today are facing choices that their mothers never had to face. One of these choices is whether or not to go back to work after having a child. This was practically unheard of in the 1950's. In the 1990's it is not whether the mother will or will not go back to work, rather a question of when. When did the choice become set in stone? Why do the mothers of today have …showed first 75 words of 1142 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1142 total…back to work. If all these factors are taken into consideration, the transition to working mom will be that much easier for the entire family and the child will not suffer. Bibliography Brannen, Julia, Moss, Peter. Managing Mothers: Dual Earner         Households After Maternity Leave. London: Unwin                  Hyman, 1991. Mahony, Rhona. Kidding Ourselves: Breadwinning, Babies,         and Bargaining Power. New York: BasicBooks, 1995. Thomson, Elizabeth Jean. Employment and childbearing         Decisions of Mothers of Young Children. Seattle,         University of Washington, 1979.