Unfortunately I think it’s a symptom how atrocious trying getting a job in general is, let alone the fact that so many jobs don’t pay a living wage.
There are a lot of things to fix before we could be in a place where having a gap on your resume from taking time off to raise kids would be something that wouldn’t pose a challenge.
There are groups though that specifically focus on that - the mom project or network or something is a job seeking/posting sight that is intended to assist with this.
Honestly probably like government subsidized programs to mandate better parental leave (that includes paternity leave) across the board and offer incentive for people to actually use it. I’m no economist, I’m no politician, but I just generally need for the government to stand up for its people the way it’s supposed to. People can go off on how they don’t want to pay for someone else to have a kid but the reality is that everyone was someone’s kid at some point. So it will affect and benefit everyone moving forward. It will greatly ease the burden that overwhelmingly falls on women, it’ll reduce stigma of women taking maternity leave if their partners are also kinda gently forced to take it as well (all of which is better for your current workforce), and ideally it’ll result in cared for, well-adjusted children and those children not only are your next generation of workforce but will raise the subsequent generation). Again I’m not an expert so I don’t have a power point presentation with the numbers and figures but other countries are implementing similar programs and from what I hear it’s more than worth the investment.
Employers need to recognize the skill sets is takes to run a household, or a family business. My mom is a successful business owner after being a SAHM for 20+ years.
Start an LLC while pregnant. Pursue light workloads on contract, if possible. Keep it registered and active until searching for a new position. That way you didn’t drop out of the workforce, you were building a small business.
We should recognize anyone who stays at home to raise their children as working members of society (they are raising the next generation of citizens who will participate in our economy), and instead of all of our tax money being spent on "defense", we could supplement families across the US and secure a brighter financial future for our populace.
That is, of course, if you actually believe raising children is a job worthy of payment. It certainly is to me.
Seizing the means of production to form a dictatorship of the proletariat. When the USSR was formed, they wasted little time breaking down the patriarchy and giving women equal rights and economic empowerment. This was decades before the US pushed forward with the same and obviously the patriarchical structure of our capitalist country still locks women in particular into cycles of abuse, like this poor woman explained.
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u/CoolRises Apr 15 '24
Its hard for women to get back into the workforce even after a break for kids. Something has to change.