9 Reasons to Feel Great (Not Guilty!) About Being a Working Mom

One of the biggest fears many women have about being a working mom is the added stress of balancing a full-time job and parenting. Numerous studies, however, report that working moms are not just happier than their stay-at-home counterparts, but they also show no increase in psychological distress. Women who have a child and then leave the workforce, on the other hand, experience major increases in stress and suffer higher rates of depression.