Kids are happier to see their moms at the end of the day than their dads
Kids are happier to see their moms at the end of the day than their dads
- February 28, 2013
- A study by Belinda Campos, Chicano/Latino studies assistant professor, is featured in The Atlantic February 28, 2013
From The Atlantic:
The concept "coming home" is filled with sentimentality in American society, and
adages that capture these feelings abound: home is where the heart is; home is where
one belongs; homeward bound. Yet these adages are misleading in assuming that familiarity
and belonging are rewards that naturally await homebound working adults and children.
Rather, such rewards are the result of an interactional endeavor that begins the instant
that family members arrive home. Seemingly trivial behaviors like greeting or noticing
a returning family member turn out to be consequential for opening lines of communication
and nourishing parent-child and couple relationships.
For the full story, please visit http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/02/kids-are-happier-to-see....
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