I searched Google to find a news article that had to deal with poor working mothers. It's interesting because I couldn't find a lot of information or current events surrounding this issue. I must comment, though, that somehow Kate Gosslin is being considered a poor single mother because of Jon's "stealing" $200,000 out of their joint bank account. Kind of sick if you ask me when there are real mothers who would not ever be in the situation they were in if they could afford to lose $200,000.
The article that I did find was called: "They're single mothers Gordon, not fallen women." (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1217890/Vince-Cable-Theyre-single-mothers-Gordon-fallen-women.html) I was not very surprised to find out that what we have been learning throughout the semester is exactly what is being said in these articles. They are recognizing that some people have babies out of wedlock in order to not have to work and get federal benefits, however they also recognize that MOST of the women looking for help did not put themselves in that position on purpose. They are struggling to make ends meet and trying to provide a good life for their children. This article talks a lot about the cycle that poverty creates for these children and how hard it is to break them of this cycle. It seems to me, this cycle is the most dangerous part of poverty. Once you're in, you're never able to get out.
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I think its interesting how you brought up the Kate situation. I also thought it was rediculous that Kate is now being portrayed as a poor single mother.
ReplyDeleteHa! I too think it's funny that you thought about Kate because she's living in a million dollar home, she has a best-selling book, has numerous appearances and she is still portrayed as a single struggling mother. It's true, I think anyone would struggle to feed eight children however, I am also considering their life style and to keep up a home with nine mouths to feed I'm sure you do need more than the $1,000 she claims to have been left with. I really hope this story goes away because it won’t be long before the children will be able to google their parents and read about the he said she said that has been all over the media. Yuck!
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