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The articles and documents below come from a variety of sources.  Many are reprinted from the "Family Focus" section of NCFR Report, the member magazine.  Contact NCFR for more information about these members and their activities, nancygonzalez@ncfr.org.

 

Andrew Cherlin, Linda Burton

“Trust is like Jell-O”: forms of trust in low-income mothers’ romantic unions

By Linda Burton and Andrew Cherlin.  Reprinted from NCFR Report.

"Trust is jiggly, and it can look like something it is not. You can't trust trust, and you can't trust Jell-O. That's what I've learned from working with [low-income couples]."

Leah Schmalzbauer

Migration, separation and family survival

By Leah Schmalzbauer. Reprinted from NCFR Report.

Whereas poor women used to migrate primarily to reunite with family, they are increasingly migrating in search of wages to support their children. This trend is rooted in an increased supply of poor women in the South who cannot secure living wages. But more importantly it is fueled by the feminization of the low-wage care industry in the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East, where there is a high demand for poor women to clean our homes, hospitals, and hotels and to care for our children. Women who cannot afford to be with their own children are migrating en masse to care for the children of others.