Working Women Who Try to Be ‘Supermom’ May Be More Depressed – TIME Healthland

Working Women Who Try to Be ‘Supermom’ May Be More Depressed – TIME Healthland

You know all that maternal hand-wringing over staying home with the kids versus going back to work? Well, working seems to translate into less depression for mothers, but to really guard against symptoms, it's important to kiss the supermom façade goodbye.

New research finds that working mothers who believe that home and office can be seamlessly juggled are at greater risk for depression than their more realistic maternal colleagues who accept they can't do it all.

Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2011/08/23/working-women-who-subscribe-to-the-supermom-myth-are-more-likely-to-be-depressed/#ixzz1W8pe7ga3