According to a 2015 Gallup poll, no less than 56 percent of working mothers would prefer to stay home.10 That is a huge number, but I can’t imagine anyone who has worked with a baby at home—including the 39 percent of dissenters—being shocked by it. The question of whether we’d rather be home with our new baby or not usually is academic. Few families today can get by on one income; and few employers will grant employees significant time off.
