Let’s show our support for moms—not just on Mother’s Day, but every day!
On this Mother’s Day, the staff at New Mexico Voices for Children wanted to tip our hat to all of the moms out there and celebrate them for doing all they do. As a working new mom myself, I thought we might also talk about some of the unique challenges that working moms face.
Working mothers are now the primary or co-breadwinners for two-thirds of American families (see Figure 1). Among low-income families, 39 percent are headed by mothers, according to the Working Poor Families Project. Yet, just as there is a wage gap between men and women, there is a significant wage gap between mothers and fathers…