ility of superior care in aquality program where rearing beliefs and practices mirrorthose of the parents. When both parents feel confident intheir day care choices, they will view them as supportiveinfluences rather than intrusive ones. This positiveattitude will provide the child with positive feedbackbecause when parents feel good about their lives anddecisions, they communicate their satisfaction to theirchildren in the form of positive feelings. These positivefeelings are then internalized by the children. (Rodman 576)Difficult as it may seem, it is clear that if forethought,research and adequate investigative techniques are applied,parents can successfully select the child care facilityand/or individual most appropriate to fulfill both their ownan! d their child’s needs. Parents who work alter severaltraditional methods of parenting. The aspects of parentingwhich are most affected are quality, quantity and content.When considering content, a major point is the preparationof the child for a society in which those children will beadults. Currently, a child has a 50% chance of becomingdivorced, and in the case of a female, a 50% chance ofbecoming a single mother as well as the probability ofbecoming a member of a dual wage earning family. (Shreve 61)Working parents are in a good position to prepare theirchildren for that type of lifestyle. Healthy family dynamicsincluding team work, sharing, and responsibility, are moreeasily adopted when they are already familiar. As far asquality of parenting, it has been observed that women whoare highly satisfied with their roles whether they work ornot, display higher levels of warmth and acceptance than dodissatisfied mothers and these positive feelings arereflected in their ! relationships with their siblings.(Lerner and Galambous 44) Finally, when considering quantityof time spent on parenting when both parents work, it hasbeen concluded by Hoffman in 1974 that there is noconsistent evi...
