"A couple of years ago, Pew Research Center published a survey about American parenting that stumbled on a somewhat counterintuitive finding: Lower-income parents were more likely than middle- or higher-income parents to say that they found parenting enjoyable and rewarding "all or most of the time." The difference was pretty marginal- most parents, regardless of income level, reported finding parenthood enjoyable all or most of the time-but that one data point got people talking."
"But these accounts tended to downplay (or ignore) another important finding in that Pew report: "Lower-income parents are also more likely than those with upper incomes to say parenting is stressful all or most of the time"-and by a much bigger margin. At higher rates than well-off parents, they consistently reported worrying that their children would struggle with anxiety and depression; get bullied, kidnapped, beaten, or shot; struggle with substance abuse; or run into trouble with the law."
A Pew Research Center survey found that lower-income parents were more likely than middle- or higher-income parents to report finding parenting enjoyable and rewarding all or most of the time. The same survey also found that lower-income parents were substantially more likely to report that parenting is stressful all or most of the time. Lower-income parents expressed higher rates of worry that children would face anxiety, depression, bullying, kidnapping, violence, substance abuse, or legal trouble. Public reactions ranged from explanations invoking cultural and community resources to debates over whether wealthier mothers are more dissatisfied, highlighting complexity in links between money and parental well-being.
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