Children's Schooling
A Potential Impediment to Work for Women of Color Facing Welfare Reform
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12455641 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mahasweta M Banerjee (University of Kansas, corresponding author), Loretta Pyles (0000-0002-1116-6052, Tulane University) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 99-124 |
| Publication date | 2005-12-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Poverty (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1087-5549 • E-ISSN: 1540-7608 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j134v09n04_06 |
| OpenAlex | W2074488450 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 21 |
This study is rooted in many mothers' experiences with their children's schooling and how they affect their ability to work in this era of welfare reform. Responding to problems identified by women participating in a welfare-to-work program, this paper explores the realities of children's schooling and its effects on their mothers' work from the perspectives of ten women of color. The study reveals that personal, interpersonal, and systemic factors such as ADHD, gang involvement, peer pressure, inappropriate teaching practices, and social promotion impede their children's learning in school. To address these issues, the mothers help with homework, sit in on classes, advocate, and problem-solve tirelessly. These issues and tasks require a considerable amount of some mothers' time, and affect their ability to get or retain work especially when they are called at work by school authorities. While no study has reported children's education as a possible impediment to mothers' work, we believe this preliminary study's central findings deserve more systematic inquiry to honor and address the lived experiences of poor women of color as they respond to welfare reform
Affect (linguistics · Honor · Interpersonal communication · Peer pressure · Political science · Promotion (chess · Race (biology · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare reform · Women of color · Work (physics · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Early Childhood Education and Development · Gender Studies · Law · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work
The Impact of Tracking
Mental Health Barriers to Employment for Tanf Recipients
Head Start, Poor Children, and Their Families
Race and Welfare
Supporting the Move From Welfare to Work
The Higher Education Option for Poor Women with Children
Treatment outcomes with low income children and adolescents with attention deficit
Capabilities and employability of unwed mothers
Personal, Family, and Multiple Barriers of Long-Term Welfare Recipients
Voicing Realities and Recommending Reform in PRWORA
Difficulties after Leaving Tanf
Naturalistic inquiry
Micro-Enterprise Training (MET) Program
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |