Marin's review of The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World is Still the Least Valued
The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World is Still the Least Valued by Ann Crittenden
Ann Crittenden was a journalist for Newsweek and the New York Times before she decided to leave her full-time career and devote her time to full-time caregiving for her child. During that time, she collected anecdotes, statistics, and personal observations for this book.
Her main point is that motherhood is a hugely important societal benefit, but, for all of the lip service Americans give it, it goes unrewarded in any way that counts. As a result, the number one indicator for poverty in old age is motherhood. Also, educated and amibitous women are waiting longer and longer to have fewer and fewer children.
Crittenden doesn't show just one solution to this problem: she shows dozens of solutions. The U.S. could give tax and social security credits for full-time family care. They could require employers to hold jobs open for mothers temporarily leaving the workforce, as they do for veterans. They could subsidize child-care for working mothers with small children. They could ...more
Her main point is that motherhood is a hugely important societal benefit, but, for all of the lip service Americans give it, it goes unrewarded in any way that counts. As a result, the number one indicator for poverty in old age is motherhood. Also, educated and amibitous women are waiting longer and longer to have fewer and fewer children.
Crittenden doesn't show just one solution to this problem: she shows dozens of solutions. The U.S. could give tax and social security credits for full-time family care. They could require employers to hold jobs open for mothers temporarily leaving the workforce, as they do for veterans. They could subsidize child-care for working mothers with small children. They could ...more
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