Can Working Families Ever Win?
A New Democracy Forum on Helping Parents Succeed at Work and Caregiving
Jody Heymann takes on the American belief that creating a better life for your children is simply a matter of working hard. She argues that poor parents don't have a fair chance. Because our nation fails to provide essential supports, it is virtually impossible for these individuals to succeed at work while caring well for their children. Because of the twin demands of work and family that poor parents face, the health and education of their children suffer. These kids often lack adequate preschool childcare or school-age care, which reduces their own potential to succeed.Heymann shows how intergenerational poverty is perpetuated by outdated…
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Weitere Autoren: Cohen, Joshua
- ISBN: 978-0-8070-0453-1
- EAN: 9780807004531
- Produktnummer: 1750867
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 152 S.
Über den Autor
A frequent media commentator on issues of family and work, Jody Heymann, M.D., Ph.D., is founder and director of the Project on Global Working Families at Harvard University and author of The Widening Gap. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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