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Mother knows best

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Although today’s mothers are having fewer children than they have historically, their responsibilities are not dwindling in the slightest. In fact, today’s mothers are earning degrees and pursuing careers in addition to raising children and running households. According to a recent study, the percentage of working women with college degrees is higher than it has ever been, as is the percentage of mothers in the workforce. Research also shows that by getting degrees, mothers also improve the academic futures of their children.

How, then, do these educated, working mothers manage to change 7,300 diapers before their children turn two and wash 5,300 articles of clothing a year? The answer, of course, is that they are superheroes. Learn more about these supermoms in the below infographic.

Mothers to motarboards: College educated mothers statistics

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Mother knows best

Here, get a look at the educations and careers--both official and unofficial--of moms today. For example, did you know that mothers manage to change 7,300 diapers before their children turn two and wash 5,300 articles of clothing a year? Learn more fun facts here.
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