“The United States is the only advanced economy with no paid parental leave for either mothers or fathers.” StatesMotherFatherUnitedUnited StatesEconomyPaidParental Author:Brigid Schulte
“And when we used to play and fight in the streets in Brooklyn and I would get hurt or something, my mother would always come out and save me. So that sort of postponed the inevitable about getting a good beating, without having somebody to come and save you.” PlayUsedMotherFightingHurtEconomyStreetsInevitableBrooklynSave Me Author:Sanford I. Weill
“Our children, Edward, Agnes, and little Mary, promise well; their education, for the time being, is chiefly committed to me; and they shall want no good thing that a mother's care can give. Our modest income is amply sufficient for our requirements; and by practising the economy we learnt in harder times, and never attempting to imitate our richer neighbours, we manage not only to enjoy comfort and contentment ourselves, but to have every year something to lay by for our children, and something to give to those who need it. And now I think I have said sufficient.” ThinkingWantNeedsGivingYearsWellsChildrenLittlesSaidBookCareMotherEnjoyEconomyComfortPromiseHarderOur ChildrenLaysGood ThingsCommittedIncomeManageSufficientContentmentMaryModestRequirementsAttemptingNeighbour Book:The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Source: The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
“I recall my mother asking in about 1946 what I was and I replied proudly that I was a professor. A decade later she repeated her question and I repeated my answer. "No promotion?" was her comment.” MotherAnswersEconomyAskingDecadesCommentProfessorsRecallsPromotion Author:George Stigler
“The person earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25 isn't going out to eat at restaurants. They're not taking piano lessons. They're not going to the gym or the yoga studio. They're not sending mom flowers on Mother's day. What good is this person in the economy? If you raise it to $15 an hour, they're doing all of those things. And all of a sudden, not just business thrives, but small business thrives.” IfsPersonsMotherHoursEconomyFlowerMomLessonsYogaRaisesStudiosPianoRestaurantsThriveGymGoing OutMinimumEarningSmall BusinessMothers DayMinimum WagePiano Lesson Author:Nick Hanauer