Blog # 6

After reading the first few chapters in the book, I couldn’t believe how many different childcare options there were and the struggles woman go through to find them. It isn’t as simple as finding the closest day care and dropping your child off. Most working mothers who are struggling to find childcare are not only worries about providing for their children but making sure they are in a safe environment. There are many concerns that come along with being a single mother, having to worry day to day where your child is going to go while you go to your job so you can put food on the table should not be something that Mothers should have to worry about. The concern of childcare adds a lot of stress for the working mother and also greatly impacts the child at key learning points in his or her life. Mothers want to be able to send their children to a reliable day care that they can trust but this is not possible because they are too expensive and government aid is not enough. Because single mothers cannot rely on traditional styles of childcare they have to resort to friends and family members; which can be strenuous and demanding on your relationships. Also stability is a key aspect to this whole picture; a child needs a constant primary care giver in their life. Cases in the book showed the horrors of random strangers watching your children who do nothing but put the TV on to flimsy family members who were not reliable. In 14 states it is legal to practice childcare without a license, which many women have to resort to because it is all they can afford. This is scary to think about. It is quite clear that those women who have low-incomes with children have to rely on unsafe and rocky childcare programs due to the lack of support from government aid. If we cannot help the mothers who want to help better their children, the children will only grow up to live in poverty.