Children act out for a variety of reasons, but as they grow older, their actions might reflect an ongoing developmental or mental issue. According to Zagel et al., (2013), a mother working full-time before their child's age of eighteen months encountered unfavourable developmental consequences compared to other mothers who were working part-time or were unemployed. However, the negative effects were dependent on type and quality of non-maternal childcare used by working mothers (Zagel et al., 2013). There are also some other factors associated with negative emotional and behavioural outcomes such as social factors, including benefits receipt, housing tenure, maternal education and also maternal depression, anxiety and everyday stressors (Zagel
