Why should work be a baby-free zone? | Melanie Reynolds

Some mothers want their infants with them. And with the right provision, everyone would benefit
•Melanie Reynolds is author of Infant Mortality and Working-Class Child Care, 1850-1899

The care of kids, and I use this colloquial term deliberately, for that is how I was taught to name children as a working-class mum from Yorkshire, is debated ad nauseum. The stats tell us there are a million more working mothers today than 20 years ago.

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The hopes built on the male breadwinning wage – that it could provide for families on its own – were vastly overplayed

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