Please Read: Sandberg Left Single Mothers Behind
I think I miss the point. Single mothers are a major contributor to long term poverty. While I agree Sandberg is super rich, but if anything she says can help empower single-parent families and pull them out of poverty wouldn’t that be good? Crappy sentence, but . . .
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Thank you so much, but I’m not. Who knows . . . eventually!
Single mothers don’t contribute to poverty. The truth is, and I come from a mother who raised four kids herself, is that single mothers care more for their children than they do themselves. This means putting careers and taking chances on hold, because getting by and enjoying what there is, is more important to them than becoming super rich and famous.
If that contributes to poverty, then I’d rather have more impoverished children and families in this world with caring mothers, than a bunch of Hollywood, stardom seeking fanatics who think the only way to be happy in life is to have a big house, make seven figures a year, and ultimately being a pretentious jerk.
Carl, I’m with you. Perhaps “contribute” is a bad word. “Constituents of” poverty or the “key demographic” of long-term poverty. I was raised by poor people and I was poor when I raised my kids. My parents describe our family as being poor white trash who couldn’t afford the trailer park. I don’t have problems with being poor or “in poverty.” Care for those living “in poverty,” however, is one of the key ways of measuring a society. Unfortunately, here in the US, we suck. No political ideology gets it right. We simply suck and need as a nation and political system need to figure something out.
Maybe I am misunderstanding but I don’t think she is really supporting single mothers at all. It is almost patronizing to believe we just need to “lean in” and “jump” and poof…no more poverty for us. I think single mothers epitomize “leaning in” but still manage to only keep their heads above water financially.
Like I said, maybe I am misunderstanding. I read the article quickly with many child interruptions, but from what I gather her statements are more mocking than motivating.
I haven’t read Sandberg’s book. Only the article and some other reviews. My issue has more to do with the debate being a red-herring and an opportunity to advance the needs of single mothers and women in general is being missed.
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