Episode 1: Why We Chose To Stay Home

In the inaugural episode of The 7-Day Work Week, Em and Liz chat about their decisions to become stay-at-home moms (SAHMs). They talk the economics of nannies, daycare, and leaving the workforce while also touching on mom-shaming, COVID-19 parenting, and how feminism intersects with staying home to raise children.

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EPISODE REFERENCES

Bettinger, Eric, Torbjørn Hægeland and Mari Rege. “Home with Mom: The Effects of Stay-at-Home Parents on Children’s Long-Run Educational Outcomes.” Journal of Labor Economics , July 2014, Vol. 32, No. 3 (July 2014), pp. 443-467. 

Gay, Roxanne. “Confessions of a Bad Feminist.” Ted Talk. May 2015. https://www.ted.com/talks/roxane_gay_confessions_of_a_bad_feminist?language=en. Accessed 3 Aug. 2020. 

Landrum, Sarah. “More Millennial Women Are Becoming Stay-At-Home Moms -- Here's Why.” Forbes. PARS International Corp, 9 Feb. 2018, https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahlandrum/2018/02/09/more-millennial-women-are-becoming-stay-at-home-moms-heres-why/#192d90e26a2b. Accessed 4 Aug. 2020. 

Madowitz, Michael, Alex Rowell, and Katie Hamm. “Calculating the Hidden Cost of Interrupting a Career for Child Care.” Center for American Progress. June 2016. https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/early-childhood/reports/2016/06/21/139731/calculating-the-hidden-cost-of-interrupting-a-career-for-child-care/. Accessed 5 Aug. 2020. 

 “Nanny Salary in Illinois.” Career Explorer. Sokanu, 2020, https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/nanny/salary/illinois/#:~:text=Illinois-,Nanny%20salary%20in%20Illinois,is%20around%20%2411.66%20per%20hour. Accessed 5 Aug. 2020. 

Peskowitz, Miriam. The Truth Behind the Mommy Wars: Who Decides What Makes a Good Mother. Seal Press, 2005. 

Stone, Pamela. Opting Out?: Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home. University of California Press, 2007. 

“The Cost of Childcare in Illinois.” Economic Policy Institute, July 2019, https://www.epi.org/child-care-costs-in-the-united-states/#/IL. Accessed 4 Aug. 2020. 

Walker Burke, Cassie. “In Illinois, child care costs eclipse rent, making it one of least affordable states.” Chalkbeat.org. 23 October 2018, https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2018/10/23/21105965/in-illinois-child-care-costs-eclipse-rent-making-it-one-of-least-affordable-states. Accessed 5 Aug. 2020. 

Whitebrook, Marcy, Deborah Phillips, and Carolee Howes. “Worthy Work, STILL Unlivable Wages: The Early Childhood Workforce 25 Years after the National Child Care Staffing Study https://cscce.berkeley.edu/files/2014/ReportFINAL.pdf. Accessed 5 Aug. 2020.