>I do not think either of those cases are rare.  All over the United States
>"workfare" is sending mothers of 3 month old babies back into the full time
>work force, with NO option about it -- we're talking about millions of
>mothers.  And that is only the ones who were on welfare before -- the ones
>whose husbands are minimum wage delivery men in the restaurant industry, or
>who sew in sweatshops, etc etc etc are not even in those numbers.

Your point is well taken. There are so many Moms who really don't have a
choice. I guess in my life I don't bump into those Moms much. I do however
bump into plenty of Moms who are in "professional" careers with
"professional" career husbands who claim that they "can't" stay home. I feel
very sad for the Mom's with no choice - they must really struggle. I just
want to distinguish that in this materialistic society there are plenty of
couples who chose to be dual income while convincing themselves it is not a
choice. I don't want to belittle the agony it must be for truely desperate
Moms to leave their kids in what is probably sub-standard care so they can
just put food in their childrens mouths.

Rachael Barlow

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