Stress, guilt and exhaustion 'toxic mix' for middle-class parents
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Inflexible, stressful and emotionally demanding jobs can undermine parenting confidence and contribute to emotional withdrawal from children, shows a new report from the think tank Demos. While educational background has little effect on parenting style, work conditions were shown to make an impact.
Although being employed was in general positive for parenting, the kind of work parents did had an impact. Work impacted negatively on parenting when it was characterised by inflexibility – in term...
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