Urban poverty is a big factor in creating problems for working mothers. All of the mothers in chapter four have the same underlying concern; what will happen to their children in the future. When you grow up in a neighborhood with no one to look up too you become ok with the notion of living in that area for the rest of your life and being ok with the life style you are accustomed too. In most cases poor working mothers in urban poverty areas must resort to unsatisfactory childcare options and they don’t have a choice. It is either crappy childcare or no childcare which results in losing your job. Most of the mothers in these area’s don’t even have the resources to research childcare options nor do they have the time to find the best one, most of the time it is the cheapest, easiest, and most convenient. If woman are in low wage jobs they will not be able to afford the childcare they need and deserve.
The urban poverty area’s are known for greater violence, joblessness throughout the community, abandonment of homes, welfare, poor schools, crime, and drugs.\ Some children’s parents may even be in jail, this is seen more often with the fathers or boyfriends. Poor woman in mixed income neighborhoods do not face all of these problems although they do still exist. Drugs and violence are everywhere you go but these neighborhoods have a better environment and community providing more security to those who belong to it. Mixed communities are able to provide a better environment for children to grow up in along with having positive role models that can influence the children’s lives in positive ways. Chaudry wanted us to see in this chapter that even though when we think we are able to make more money there will always be more things to spend the money on.
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