Mothers as “Breadwinners”
June 3, 2013
A RECENT report by the Pew Research Center, which has received an enormous amount of publicity, contends that women are the primary or sole breadwinners in 40 percent of households with children under 18. However, the majority of these female “breadwinners” (63 percent) are single mothers. The use of the term “sole breadwinner” is highly deceptive given that many are receiving some form of government support.
According to the report, in which I could find no mention of the government role in “mothers as breadwinners:”
About three-quarters of adults (74%) say the increasing number of women working for pay has made it harder for parents to raise children, and half say that it has made marriages harder to succeed.