“…A large body of research suggests that maternal employment has no direct impact on child well-being and no deleterious consequences for child development (Chilman, 1993;Coreil, Wilson, Wood, & Liller, 1998;Goldberg & Esterbrooks, 1988;Gottfried & Gottfried, 1988;Greenstein, 1995;Hoffman, 1980;Lerner & Galambos, 1991;Moen, 1992;Pett, Vaughan-Cole, & Wampold, 1994;Secret, 1994;Spitz, 1991). Rather, the effects of parental work status on children's lives are mediated by parental characteristics, family structure, workplace conditions, and community resources (McCartney & Rosenthal, 1991;Otto & Atkinson, 1994;Parcel & Menaghan, 1994).…”