For Gordon-Cole, she’ll take any help she can get when it comes to parenting while poor. After having her first child in the 8thgrade, Gordon-Cole gave birth to an additional child each year over the next three years—and dropped out of school before the 10thgrade. These days she i...
“either-or” affairs: black-and-white with no middle ground. We don’t tell women they must choose between children or working outside the home–many do both by going part-time, hiring outside help, or having a spouse take on the duties of child rearing. Following graduation we don’...