Blog # 7

In the third chapter of Chaudry’s Putting Children First we learn about many childcare sources that Julia put her daughter Jacqueline in. Before Jacqueline was 4 she already had 6 different caregivers. In this certain case it was apparent that they were in this situation because the father had left. Julia wanted to further her education although she barely had any time to spend with her children after working. It’s like a catch 22, you need to go back to school to get a better education so you can attain the better job with the better salary, but who is going to watch your children while you go back to school? And who will make ends meet in the mean time. Single mothers below the poverty line are finding it increasingly hard to even find any type of government assistance because of the strict policies they have. Just because someone may be making a dollar more doesn’t mean that they don’t need financial assistance. When people get stuck in minimum wage positions it is hard to get out because the other jobs offered to you are at the same level. It is sad to watch and see some of the things people have to sacrifice purely because they just don’t make enough money to live the life they are in. In one video a man would have to not fill his prescriptions certain months because he didn’t have enough money to pay them because he did not have any type of insurance. It seems that there is something wrong when Americans cannot afford healthcare when they have full time jobs. These people constantly get stuck in corners and seldom have an easy battle. When Julia was able to move to a full time job she lost her government aid, although that’s when she needed it the most for longer hours of childcare.