The World Runs on Invisible Labor
Our culture is really doing a ten out of ten job in caring in the worst possible ways. There is no infrastructure to support parents of caregivers, so care makes you poor and exhausts you. (Solution: Pay caregivers! Universal and affordable childcare and eldercare!) Parenting has become more instrumental than it used to be: kids are a project, anot... See more
Anne Helen Petersen • "I Went Into Motherhood Determined Not to Lose Myself in It."
Invisible Labor, Visible Needs: Making Family Policy Work for Stay-At-Home (And All) Parents
Elliot Haspelcapita.org
who provides care, both paid and unpaid, and what is the right balance between the responsibilities of families, communities and the state.