Abstract

The study determines the effects of maternal employment on the educational development of children in Bariga Local Government Area, Lagos State. Questionnaires were administered to 200 working mothers which were randomly selected and data collected were analysed using paired sampled t – test and descriptive statistic. The results shows that; the mean scores of maternal employment and children educational development are 15.95 and 16.55 respectively with t – value of -11.96. The mean score of maternal employment and children physical development are 15.95 and 16.45 respectively with t – value of -13.00, these are significant at p<.05 level of significance. Based on findings of the study, it is recommended that working mothers should create a schedule regardless of the time and stress they go through at work to check on their children’s educational needs, improvement and setbacks among others.