Cut the working mum guilt - children aren’t suffering

If working mothers had a moment to breathe they might just notice, says Andrea Mara, that research is showing that their children aren’t suffering

IT doesn’t take much to get your average working parent feeling guilty. Tears at crèche drop-off will do it. So will a forgotten cake-sale at school. And, as for missing sports day — let’s just say that two years on and I’m still not over that one.

So, reading any one of the studies that claim that children are better off at home turns the screws.