mothers of pre-school-age children spend doing enriching childcare and whether they adjust their schedules to spend time with … their children at more desirable times of day. I find that employed mothers shift enriching childcare time from workdays to … nonwork days. On workdays, full-time employed parents shift enriching childcare time toward evenings, but there is little …

of time spent with children and in childcare activities, and it is well documented that employed parents spend less time … children’s ability to benefit from parents’ enriching childcare activities, such as reading to and playing with their children … most valuable to their children. If employment causes parents to shift their childcare activities away from times when it …