The fascination with Sarah Palin comes not only from her unexpected rise, but also from the fact that she is a mother of five, with one child under a year old. While Palin seeks the vice presidency, one of the most demanding jobs on Earth, more than 40 million American moms also balance jobs with motherhood. Do working moms have the best of both worlds, or are they potentially neglecting their children's best interests?
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Children’s sleep is severely compromised when both parents work outside the home. Working mothers are not available during the day to see that their children stay on a healthy sleep schedule, and many wake their children up in the morning in order to get to work on time and keep them up at night because they haven’t seen them all day. The result is sleep deprivation, which negatively affects children’s behavior and cognitive abilities. In addition to sleep deprivation, the percentage of overweight children has tripled since mothers began to enter the workforce in droves. Rather than sitting down to a healthy meal prepared by Mom, today’s children are eating excessive amounts of prepared meals and are snacking after school in front of the television rather than playing outside.
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