Work Matters : : How Parents’ Jobs Shape Children’s Well-Being / / Maureen Perry-Jenkins.
How new parents in low-wage jobs juggle the demands of work and childcare, and the easy ways employers can helpLow-wage workers make up the largest group of employed parents in the United States, yet scant attention has been given to their experiences as new mothers and fathers. Work Matters brings...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) :; 13 b/w illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CHAPTER 1 “They Sure Don’t Make It Easy for Parents” Low-Income, Working Parents and Their Children
- CHAPTER 2 “The Invisible Americans” The Work and Family Transitions Project
- CHAPTER 3 “A Little Can Go a Long Way” Workplace Policies and Parents’ Well-Being
- CHAPTER 4 “They Treat Me Right, Then I Do Right by Them” Experiences in Low-Income Jobs and Mental Health
- CHAPTER 5 “This Parenting Thing Is Harder Than It Looks” Low-Income Work and Parenting
- CHAPTER 6 “I Just Want Him to Have a Good Start in Life” Work and Child Development
- CHAPTER 7 “Thriving or Surviving” How to Move Forward
- APPENDIXES
- NOTES
- INDEX