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leftyladyfrommo

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13. Oh, yes.

Reply to Yupster (Reply #8)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 10:27 AM

Apr 2015

So many single mothers have to pick up the bills when fathers refuse to pay or don't pay enough to raise their kids.

And women with children have limited work options. They have to be able to take care of the kids and pay childcare.

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Women Are Poorer Than Men In Every State [View all] DonViejo Apr 2015 OP

Very important issue. Thanks for posting. appalachiablue Apr 2015 #1

They keep us poor so we'll put up with wretched marriages to them. Warpy Apr 2015 #2

Who is the they? Yupster Apr 2015 #3

One person supporting two or three kids doing unskilled labor is TexasMommaWithAHat Apr 2015 #11

I wish the author would have delved more into this: TexasMommaWithAHat Apr 2015 #4

I think part of it is that madville Apr 2015 #7

I think single motherhood Yupster Apr 2015 #8

Oh, yes. leftyladyfrommo Apr 2015 #13

Women Can Do All of Those Sparhawk60 Apr 2015 #10

The article neglects to mention that the only iemitsu Apr 2015 #5

Funny how that little detail is overlooked Art_from_Ark Apr 2015 #9

I have a little experience in this subject Yupster Apr 2015 #12

Yes, those differences do exist in school systems and iemitsu Apr 2015 #14

Not always IBEWVET Apr 2015 #15

Of course, how did I forget about union workplaces. iemitsu Apr 2015 #16

I'm doing my part... FrodosPet Apr 2015 #6