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"There's a lot of lip-service in the US about how wonderful children are and that mothers (specifically) are doing the most important kind of work there is.  But that doesn't jibe with the 76-55 cents being earned by women who are mothers, compared to 90 cents by women who are not mothers, and the dollar earned by men. The Center for Work Law Life at UC Hastings College of the Law has reputable information about the real pressures mothers/caregivers face, and how those pressures short-change children.  I think much parental behavior today -- in restaurants and elsewhere -- is heavily influenced by guilt.  One reason is workers in the US work longer hours than anywhere else in the industrialized world, and it's not often by choice.  When time with a child is limited, parents don't want to spend it in conflict.  The other reason is that some women who leave the workforce to take care of their kids say they feel they need to be the \"best\" mothers or they would feel guilt for not excelling at their job; maybe they think a squalling, angry kid means they're messing up. \n"
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