https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Pqs-heGkg
"Research has shown that 15 years after graduating college, mothers earn 11
percent less than women without children — and a staggering 42 percent less
than fathers. There’s a term for this: the “motherhood penalty.” Last year,
Times Opinion asked readers to tell us about their path to becoming mothers.
Nearly 2,000 women of varying ages and from all corners of the country wrote
in, but they weren’t all interested in describing their journey to parenthood.
Instead, many shared how having children had put them in a punishing financial
bind.
This week,
Opinion published a video featuring interviews we conducted over
the past several months with some of these women.
Reading through reader submissions, I was most struck by the stories of women
who were confronting retirement with paltry financial reserves after leaving
ambitious careers. They had found more flexible part-time work or in some cases
dropped out of the labor market entirely to stay home with their kids, facing
insurmountable child care costs or the demands of caring for children with
special needs.
Listening to these women, you can tell they don’t regret having children —
despite the sacrifices they’ve had to make. “Was it worth it? 100 percent,” one
woman in the video said. It just shouldn’t come at such a high cost."
Via Muse.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
