When 'Mom' Is The Safety Net
Podcast |
The Double Shift
Media Type |
audio
Publication Date |
Jun 16, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:38:44

A year and a half ago, Shana Thomas was a mom of three who earned a good salary. She’d worked her way up at a company she loved and was telling younger women they could "have it all.” The pandemic changed everything. She's now one of the 4.5 million women who has left employment behind since the start of 2020, and is now an in-home services caregiver for her youngest daughter who’s a wheelchair user, and an unpaid virtual teaching assistant for her older two kids. But nearly a year after leaving her career, she’s finding her footing and increasing moments of peace with her path.

This is a story about sacrifice and unexpected hope. 

Check out The Center for American Progress’ Calculator https://interactives.americanprogress.org/childcarecosts/ for the long term costs of leaving the paid workforce due to childcare needs.

This is part three of our series on the true cost of the pandemic for moms, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/24/covid-toll-working-mothers a partnership between us, The Guardian, and The Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

Need a COVID-19 Vaccine? Go to vaccines.gov. 

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A year and a half ago, Shana Thomas was a mom of three who earned a good salary. She’d worked her way up at a company she loved and was telling younger women they could "have it all.” The pandemic changed everything. She's now one of the 4.5 million women who has left employment behind since the start of 2020, and is now an in-home services caregiver for her youngest daughter who’s a wheelchair user, and an unpaid virtual teaching assistant for her older two kids. But nearly a year after leaving her career, she’s finding her footing and increasing moments of peace with her path. This is a story about sacrifice and unexpected hope. Check out The Center for American Progress’ Calculator https://interactives.americanprogress.org/childcarecosts/ for the long term costs of leaving the paid workforce due to childcare needs. This is part three of our series on the true cost of the pandemic for moms, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/24/covid-toll-working-mothers a partnership between us, The Guardian, and The Economic Hardship Reporting Project. Thanks to Our Sponsors: Listen to Home. Made. a podcast that explores the meaning of home and what it can teach us about ourselves and each other, wherever you get your pods. https://link.chtbl.com/homemade?sid=podcast.thedoubleshift BetterHelp. BetterHelp is a great, affordable option for professional counseling done securely online. Get 10% off your first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/doubleshift. Need a COVID-19 Vaccine? Go to vaccines.gov. Also check out: Slate’s The Waves, wherever you get your podcasts. waves.html">https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/07/the-waves.html If you want to become a member of The Double Shift, go to thedoubleshift.com/join. It's starts at $5/mo. You get WEEKLY episodes and an ad-free show. If you can pay yearly, that helps even more. If you become a member at $10 or $25 a month, we'll donate a membership to a listener who wants it and can't afford it right now. To upgrade your plan, sign in with your email address at: doubleshift.supportingcast.fm/account and hit the "change" button next to your email address. We are also having monthly zoom hangouts over the summer. Join us!

A year and a half ago, Shana Thomas was a mom of three who earned a good salary. She’d worked her way up at a company she loved and was telling younger women they could "have it all.” The pandemic changed everything. She's now one of the 4.5 million women who has left employment behind since the start of 2020, and is now an in-home services caregiver for her youngest daughter who’s a wheelchair user, and an unpaid virtual teaching assistant for her older two kids. But nearly a year after leaving her career, she’s finding her footing and increasing moments of peace with her path.

This is a story about sacrifice and unexpected hope. 

Check out The Center for American Progress’ Calculator https://interactives.americanprogress.org/childcarecosts/ for the long term costs of leaving the paid workforce due to childcare needs.

This is part three of our series on the true cost of the pandemic for moms, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/24/covid-toll-working-mothers a partnership between us, The Guardian, and The Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

Need a COVID-19 Vaccine? Go to vaccines.gov. 

Also check out: waves.html">Slate’s The Waves, wherever you get your podcasts. waves.html">https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/07/the-waves.html

If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter, thedoubleshift.com/newsletter

Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at thedoubleshift.com/join.

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