My 5 sources

Baum, Charles L. "The Long-Term Effects of Early and Recent Maternal Employment on a

            Child's Academic Achievement." Journal of Family Issues 25.1 (2004): 29-60. Print.

This article mainly talks about the children who are being raised in households that have mothers who work compared with a generation ago. This article is also recent and almost similar to my other source with author Han that discuss that working mothers and academic achievement are related. This study shows that in early stages it does not have much of an effect but in high school there seems to be a significant decrease in grades. I will use this in my essay by stating the similarties between this article and Han’s.

Beyer, Sylvia. "Maternal Employment and Children's Academic Achievement:

Parenting Styles as Mediating Variable." Developmental Review 15.2 (1995):

 212-53. Print

This article examines previous research on how maternal employment can affect parenting styles which affect the child’s academic achievement. This study goes in depth about how parental styles affect the child especially with a single parent who is working. I will use this study in my essay because it talks about academic achievement that shows working mothers versus non-working mothers. Although this study is a little old, having previous research and recent research to show similarties will strengthen my argument.

Bogenschneider, K., and L. Steinberg. "Maternal Employment and Adolescents' Academic

Achievement: A Developmental Analysis." Sociology of Education 67.1 (1994): 60-77.

 Print.

This article talks about or rather argues whether maternal employment affects school achieivement among high school students. This study is good to use because it is similar to my other source by authoer Han who both argue that maternal employment affect high school students. Although Han argues that elementary,middle and high school students are being affected by single mothers in the workforce, this study examines just high school students which is good because it gives more evidence to my argumentation.

Goldberg, Wendy A., Ellen Greenberger, and Stacy K. Nagel. "Employment and Achievement:

 Mothers' Work Involvement in Relation to Children's Achievement Behaviors and

            Mothers' Parenting Behaviors." Child development 67.4 (1996): 1512-27. Print.

This article examines research that shows that working mothers are affecting children’s academic achievement. This article is that it goes against what I am saying about working mothers. This article says that in a research study, working mothers affected girls academic achievement in positive way but with boys it was negative. I could argue with this research study that it is possible that girls see their mothers as role models because they are working and helping to support the family.

Han, Wen-Jui. "Maternal Work Schedules and Child Outcomes: Evidence from the National

 Survey of American Families." Children and Youth Services Review 28.9 (2006): 1039-

59. Print.

This article is fairly recent and it investigates and shows an association between maternal nonstandard work schedules and some research on academic achievement. This study is a good use because it shows different ages such as elementary, middle and high school. I will use this study in my essay because not only does it show research about single parenting is affecting academic achievement but it shows it at different ages. Author Han argues that these patterns are continuning to grow.