The question we should be asking is not whether domestic caregiving is more or less important than wage work—they’re both crucial, and crucially different.
There are chunks of society saying if you don’t believe in God you’re a bad person. Will Lizzie intuit that she’s bad if she doesn’t believe — or that her mother is?
At times heartbreaking, the memoir is also a comforting tale about the importance of family, making sense of shifting gender roles, and believing in others.
Sarah Seltzer, Lauren Kelley, AlterNet. November 24, 2010.
How does one deal with the conservatives at the family table while avoiding a massive food fight? Stay calm and relaxed, and follow these simple guidelines.
Thanks in part to the GOP's failed policies, America is such a hard place to raise a family that many people are delaying getting married and having kids.
Too often, discussions about homemaking are radicalized in one direction or another. It's time to re-imagine family structure with an eye toward environmental responsibility.
Heather Boushey, The American Prospect. March 21, 2007.
In the struggle to balance work and family, work is winning. Democrats need to take back the values issue and promote economic policies that recognize that workers have families.
