Perspective: Single parenting in a pandemic
, who will care for the children in one-parent homes? How can single parents hold onto their jobs, and any sense of economic security? The coronavirus pandemic, perhaps like no other emergency in recent times, has exposed the lack of infrastructure, support, resources, and care for the most vulnerable among us, including single mothers.
Though many businesses are pivoting to online work, that won’t be a huge help to more rural or poverty-stricken parts of the country like my own, where many people have shift jobs, working in warehouses, health care, administration or maintenance. We don’t have reliable Internet where I live, in central Appalachia, so remote work and school isn’t even a possibility in many cases. Households may only have one computer or phone with multiple family members trying to use it for work or school.
Jobs in the service industry, the gig economy and retail are the least likely to have sick days — and these are overwhelmingly the kind of jobs that single mothers can get. We have gaps in our employment, credit and educational history due to having to take time out to be primary caregivers. Single mothers are more likely to have our savings drained by the high costs of raising children alone, and many of us never recover financially.
We are extremely fortunate in that neither my child nor I take regular prescription medication, but we both need expensive, over-the-counter allergy meds to stay well, and stocking up on pain and fever relievers for adults and children, as advised, also costs a lot, especially in our era of price gouging.How can you stay well when you’re barely staying afloat? The advice to get a lot of sleep, eat well and exercise to try to avoid the virus also seems especially punishing to single parents.
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