In years past, there were concerns that women who chose to work were somehow negatively impacting their children by sending them to daycare when they were young and aftercare as they became school-aged children. Couple those thoughts with the massive amount of mom guilt women felt by going off to the office versus staying at home to raise the kids, and it is no wonder that women struggled and continue to struggle with their choice to return to their careers after having children. But it is time for women to shake off that guilt. Because not only are children of working moms turning out just fine, but working moms are unknowingly helping their daughters to succeed at work in the future.

One of the biggest complaints that working moms have, according to the Harvard Business Review is that they are supposed to "work like they don't have children and raise children like they don't work." Something that has never been expected of working fathers to do. This means that working moms are never able to give their all to work or to raising their children. Something that only contributes to their mom guilt.

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But by knowing that working moms are not only not negatively impacting their kids but maybe positively influencing daughters they may have, hopefully, they will begin to shake off some of that guilt and see themselves for the amazing women they are and in turn, the amazing kids they are raising.

Here is how working moms are unknowingly helping their daughters to succeed at work in the future.

Moms Working Is No Longer Seen As Detrimental To Kids

With nearly 70 percent of mothers working outside the home, according to The Journalist's Resource, more and more children now are raised by working moms. Something that used to be seen as something of a detriment to children. But as more research has been conducted over the past several decades, it appears that kids who have working mothers are developing just fine.

While it is true that working moms do spend less time with their children during the work week, the time that they have with them is higher quality, according to a 2014 study. Because of this, any detrimental effects of less time spent in the home are negated as a result.

Furthermore, when mothers worked outside the home, per the study, their children's cognitive development was positively impacted as well. This is because working moms tend to participate in more unstructured play with their kids, which results in an increase in cognitive development skills.

When Moms Work, Their Daughters Benefit In The Future

Not only are mothers working outside the home not a detriment to their children and their children's future, but when it comes to women having daughters, they are benefiting them immensely. This is because daughters who see their mothers work perform higher in their chosen careers than children of stay-at-home moms do.

A 2018 study conducted by the Harvard Business School found that not only is kids' happiness not affected by their mothers going to work, either by necessity or choice, those who had daughters were positively impacted. This is because according to the publication, daughters of working moms were 1.21 more times to be employed, 1.29 more times to be in supervisory roles, and earn nearly $2,000 more per year than daughters who were raised by stay-at-home moms.

Many can brush off these statistics as not much of a difference between daughters of working and stay-at-home moms. But what it shows is that there is no more need for mom guilt when it comes to women being concerned that they are not doing their best for their children. Because, based on facts alone, children of working moms are doing just fine.

Daughters See That They Can Have A Career & Family

When daughters have working moms, they see that they can have both a career and a family. Something that was not necessarily so just a generation or so ago.

According to ParentCircle, when mothers go to work, what their daughters see of them and what they develop include:

• Strong work ethic
• Putting in hard work reaps rewards
• Independence
• Better flexibility and resilience
• Better value for money

Working moms are showing their daughters that they can have both a family and a career. All it takes is striking the balance between home and work and knowing where priorities lie. And when this happens, working moms are some of the best role models their daughters may ever have.

Source: Harvard Business Review, The Journalist's Resource, SpringerLink, Harvard Business School, ParentCircle