![]() Listen: Author Angela Garbes on why mothering demands care from entire communities. When we invest in children, in families, we’re really investing in public health, in the future of society - and that takes so much more than just a few people.” “I believe raising children is a social responsibility. Garbes says domestic labor and mothering are necessary for the prosperity of American life, and is “work that will never go away.” WDET’s Sam Corey sat down with Garbes to discuss what mothering is, the credit it deserves but rarely gets and how raising children is a communal activity and should be reoriented to reflect that necessity. In response to the increasing weight placed. The Covid-19 pandemic shed fresh light on a long-overlooked truth: mothering is among the only essential work humans do. That article went viral and eventually became a book titled “ Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change.” From the acclaimed author of Like a Mother comes a reflection on the state of caregiving in America, and an exploration of mothering as a means of social change. It was during this time that writer Angela Garbes published an article about what women and mothers lost during the lockdowns. ![]() But parents and mothers particularly were locked inside with all the duties of child care and fewer people and resources to help them. When that happened, it caused a cascade of problems for many. People locked themselves in their homes to protect themselves and others from a deadly virus. Something happened about two years ago that almost never happens in American life. ![]()
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