This study used data from the National Survey of America's Families to examine contemporaneous relationships between patterns of parent work and positive child outcomes among low-income families by focusing on how parents organized their work schedules, relationships between patterns of parent work and child wellbeing, and relationships between children of single versus married parents. Results, categorized by child age, indicated that most low-income children had at least one parent who worked full-time. In general, levels of parent work were not related to positive child outcomes, even when family income was considered. However, a few exceptions existed. High levels of parent work negatively associated with indicators of parent involvement among low-income preschoolers of single parents. How parents scheduled their work seemed most important for low-income, school-age children of married parents. For all children, positive outcomes were more strongly associated with both family and child characteristics than with patterns of parent work. Tables are appended. (Contains 16 references, 24 notes, and 7 tables) (SM)