Blog # 10

The single women ran into problems paying the overpriced child care that more times than none they would have to turn to kin care. In “Putting Children First Chaudry talked about women that were on welfare that were providing kin care for those other women struggling to pay for child care. These women preferred the kin care program because it wasn’t costing the women as much as child care. The struggle with kin care was the mothers would have to drive their child from place to place and sometimes the women watching their children were not reliable. The welfare system often failed to submit the money when they were supposed to. This began to make them unstable and put stress in their work life. When the families started making an income the welfare system believed that they did not need the governments assistance anymore, even though this lead to more problems because they had the either the same or lesser amount of income coming in. The Welfare system would usually provide when the mothers need it least and would most likely fail when the mother needs the money most. The women were require to work and supply for their family as best as they could and they needed to find money any way they could. They would have to use their subsidized money if they were able to obtain it, most times they were not able to get the government money and it does not allow them to care for their children’s health or even their health.
Not everyone is lucky enough to receive help from their family members or able to get a flexible day care. There have been, many mothers that have been left with no assistance because the father is either in jail or in no shape to pay for child support. With the absence of the father it is very hard on the woman when she is left to pay for her kids by herself and sometimes without the governments help. Having mothers that are struggling for money and food all their lives will hopefully want them to better themselves so they would not have the stress their mother had when they become a parent. Another main issue that these women struggled with was being able to take their kids to the doctors when they got sick or even taking themselves to the hospital when they got sick.
Chaudry suggests that we provide more ways women could get financial help because even if a single mother is working she is not getting enough money to get the child care or even enough to put food on the table. She believes the government should run child care facilities that the whole working class would be able to use fairly and worth it. Women that are showing that they are working and trying to support their child should be able to get a good child care and one that they know is safe and useful. Chaudry shows that women are not being able to take the promotions in their work life because they times will run into the child care time or they are unable to leave them at a certain time, leaving them with no reliable help to watch their kids. Also if the women wanted to have another job or more up in their work life then would also want healthcare to keep them healthy and able to work. Working will only provide experienced which is very important to them because they need all the money they could get, especially if they are trying to get out of poverty. Many women in poverty are struggling to make ends meet and not only paying their bills they also need to be able to put food on the table. The government is taking the financial programs away and now more and more people are in need the help of the government and more people are ending in poverty because of the prices of housing, and bills. Chaudry wants the low income women to be able to receive help so their children can be put into a child care that will be useful and beneficial to their child.