Mom, mom & me

Chapter 4 of Wilsons touches bases on female head of homes. While I'm from an environment where 2 parent homes are less likely, Wilson made an interesting point of how this role is played in society. Women are responsible for the primary care of the children, finances & balancing herself as well. The street iGrew up on there were only 2 houses w/ both parents & mind was one of them. My neighbors always made a point to state that our family was one of the few with both parents. 

This was never a bad thing iNever felt outcasted but iDid find myself wondering why people in my neighborhood or community didn't have 2 parent homes. Why was it the norm for moms to be single & Head of household. Why was it that lower income families already have one imminent struggle against them but to be single & raising children only make matters worse for them.

It's becoming a pattern & acceptable amongst our community & the pattern won't break if women see it being accommodated.

I believe that in order to break this cycle of producing single parent homes & poverty ridden children lies within self. People living within low income have to take advantage of the services offered to them, to avoid or decrease these same problems. To prevent more teenage pregnancies that result in the teen & child living w/ mom & ultimately left to care for them both, they have to use their resources. Taking advantage of the free birth control is taking one step closer, or finding a hobby to keep busy to avoid being in those situations. Being that moms are working majority of the day & once home are too tired to invest time it all plays a part In doing things on your own. So the pattern continues, single mom raising a teenage daughter who now is pregnant & already living in low income just allows for one to be right back in the situation they were born into.

If it's projected that single parent homes are continuous & will be the life support of welfare, when do we decide that that isn't the only way.