Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Given the historical patterns of childcare and the current trends in child custody in divorce cases, would these challenges fall more heavily upon low wage women?
Unless you count Budgie, Ehrenreich had no real family responsibility during her
experiment. How would her routine have changed if she were responsible for children? How
would her economic circumstances have changed? Given the historical patterns of
childcare and the current trends in child custody in divorce cases, would these
challenges fall more heavily upon low wage women?