The gap in parenting time between middle- and working-class moms has shrunk
Well-educated mothers may be leveraging their resources, while protecting their finite time
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Time-intensive mothering, such as cooking with children, used to be a middle-class phenomenon. But a new study shows that over the last two decades, some middle-class mothers have started spending less time with their kids and some working-class mothers more — shrinking a class-related gap in time spent parenting.
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