Charming Mum's

Remember how I love SAHM’s? I love everything they do and everything they stand for. I love the concept of actually raising the children you bring into the world. Well, I could go on and on for forever with the emotional and developmental benefits kids have from having a SAHM, but I came across this cool article on the health benefits that SAHM’s provide for their kids. It was written for a newspaper in the UK, so it uses the cool mum spelling which is just charming right? 

 

Children of working mothers tend to have a less healthy lifestyle than those whose mothers stay at home, a study has found.

They snack on more junk food, spend more time in front of the TV and do less exercise.

Those whose mothers work part-time follow a slightly healthier regime, while the children of stay-at-home mums have the most nutritious diets and enjoy more exercise. 

However, researchers insist the results 'do not imply that mothers should not work'. 

 But they say there is a definite link between paid employment and a lifestyle that leaves children more at risk from obesity and disease.

And they suggest a lack of time is the biggest factor keeping the healthiest lifestyles out of reach of many working families.

The findings come from a study of 12,500 British school children published today in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

It shows children whose mothers are employed are more likely to be driven to school, watch TV, snack on fizzy drinks and eat too few portions of fruits and vegetables.

Love it! Yet another reason why I am stoked to hang with the kiddos. At home. Unemployed.