Shirl is a single mother who urges her son's baby-sitter to swat
him when he misbehaves. Helena went back to work to get off
welfare, then quit to be with her small daughter. Kathy was making
good money but got into cocaine and had to give up her two-year-old
son during her rehabilitation. Pundits, politicians, and social
critics have plenty to say about such women and their behavior. But
in this book, for the first time, we hear what these women have to
say for themselves. An eye-opening--and heart-rending--account from
the front lines of poverty, "Through My Own Eyes" offers a
firsthand look at how single mothers with the slimmest of resources
manage from day to day. We witness their struggles to balance work
and motherhood and watch as they negotiate a bewildering maze of
child-care and social agencies.
For three years the authors followed the lives of fourteen
women from poor Boston neighborhoods, all of whom had young
children and had been receiving welfare intermittently. We learn
how these women keep their families on firm footing and
try--frequently in vain--to gain ground. We hear how they find
child-care and what they expect from it, as well as what the
childcare providers have to say about serving low-income families.
Holloway and Fuller view these lives in the context of family
policy issues touching on the disintegration of inner cities,
welfare reform, early childhood and "pro-choice" poverty
programs.
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