Priorities

Y'all know I'm a Mom and Mimi.  The past five days, I've been basically a full-time Mimi.  My middle daughter has the girls in "school."  They are two and four.  But they had a break to switch from the school year to summer, and my daughter didn't have anyone to watch the girls while she worked the past five days.

Take that in. 

If she missed one day, she could be fired.  She could lose her apartment, have utilities cut off, and be at zero.  Because she didn't have anyone to watch her girls.  One of those days was Memorial Day.  No one is going to watch your kids on Memorial Day.???  It's a holiday.  Everybody has a day off.  Except for those who don't.  😑

Some families don't have built-in friends and relatives who will watch the kids.  I didn't have that.  She doesn't have that.  And it's hard to find someone you're going to trust your two small children with.  Great concept.  Terrifying reality.

I had this problem twenty years ago.

Single parents need help in ways that aren't being offered.  And, per usual, programs and guidelines are made by those who have never had to deal with the issue.  

They crunch numbers and nod their heads and plug in calculations that look right on paper.  

Parents and their children deserve better.  We should be doing everything in our power to cultivate young minds and giving parents the opportunity to have better choices.  

Period.

Always advocating for parents and their babies*