1. Is opting out gambling with the future of
your family?

2.  87 percent of mothers  2/3 of all workers
said they would stay would reduce their
at home to raise their work hours by an
children if they could average 11 hours a
afford it¹ week if they could
 70 percent of working
parents feel they lack
enough time with
their children²

3.  5.6 million mothers  Low-income mothers
stayed home to care in the United States
for their families in often cannot afford to
2005¹ work
 They do not have the
 The highest
education or job
concentration of full- experience to earn a
time homemakers salary that would
among women cover the costs of
married to low- child care or
earning men transportation

4.  Twice as many  Halfof all
women end up in marriages end in
poverty as they divorce - women’s
age when standard of living
compared to men, drops 36 percent
and four out of when they
five of the women divorce, but men’s
who end up in rises by 28 percent
poverty were not
poor when married

5.  More than ¼ of  women lose 37
women who want percent of their
to go back to earning power
work, don’t find a when they spend
job. three or more
 Only 40% of those years out of the
who find a job find workplace
full time work  May also
jeopardize Social
Security benefits

6.  Working moms feel  When the children
more stress when are older working
children are moms are more
young. confident and
 At this time stay happy.
at home moms are  As kids age stay at
happy, needed and home moms feel
feel fulfilled at less needed, more
home. unsure of their
roles and stressed

7.  Studies have shown over and over again that
kids thrive in both working parent and stay at
home parent households.
 The important factor is that the parents are
engaged and invested in their children’s
lives.
 Happy parents make for the happiest
children.
 Security and consistency.