Were you bombarded with questions, statements and rhetorical questions, repetitively day after day, for what felt like an entire lifetime, by your mother? Well if that’s true for you, keep it up! Studies have proven that nagging mothers are more likely to raise successful daughters.
Researcher Ericka Rascon-Ramirez from the University of Essex has led a study that proved “behind every successful women is a nagging mom.” The research analyzed survey data of 15,000 school girls aged 13 and 14 from 2004 to 2010. Ramirez found that “the measure of expectations in this study reflects a combination of aspirations and beliefs about the likelihood of attending higher education reported by the main parent, who, in the majority of cases is the mother.”
Girls who had mothers that had higher expectations for them and pushed their daughters to make better life choices. The research revealed how nagging parents reduced a teenager’s chance of becoming pregnant by 4% compared to parents with ‘meddling aspirations.’ These girls had a much higher chance of attending a university, having a successful career and earn better wages. “In many cases we succeeded in doing what we believed was more convenient for us, even when this was against our parents’ will. But no matter how hard we tried to avoid our parents’ recommendations, it is likely that they ended up influencing, in a more subtle manner, choices that we had considered extremely personal,” explained researcher Rascon-Ramirez.
To all those “annoying” mothers out there, keep nagging away it will eventually pay off.
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