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Mediocre? >> reporter: the question was aimed at educational statistics specifically reading. governor bryant was first to answer. >> i think parents, both parents started working. not a man thing. i don't want to get in trouble. i can just see e-mails tomorrow. >> reporter: critics didn't wait until tomorrow. >> the staff don't back him up. it is kind of offensive just to put it on the back to working parents. >> reporter: while some find his answer offensive we wanted to know if there was any truth to it. in this country, 67% of mothers with children under 15 have a job outside the home. get...

And it's kind of offensive to put it on the back of working parents. >> reporter: while some find his answer offensive we wanted to know if there was any truth to it. in this country, 67% of mothers with children under 15 have a job outside the home. get this in finland where 77% of women work outside the home they're actually ahead of the u.s. in reading. >> it is the mother's place to teach them to read? >> no. the loving, nurturing opportunity that both parents had a little bit of time. in today's society their a so challenged. >> reporter: a challenge bryant knows well. his wife worked out...