The Motherhood Manifesto

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Did you know that...

Only four countries in the world -- Lesotho, Swaziland, Papua New Guinea and the United States -- fail to provide paid maternity leave to all workers; Canada now guarantees a full year of paid parental leave and California recently became the first state in the U.S. to provide such paid leave; Businesses that create flexible work environments find that productivity goes up, they attract more talent, turnover is reduced and their bottom line is improved...

Moving personal stories combined with humorous animation, expert commentary and hilarious old film clips tell the tale of what happens to working mothers and their families in America. See how enlightened employers and public policy can make paid family leave, flexible working hours, part-time parity, universal healthcare, excellent childcare, after-school programs and realistic living wages a reality for American families.

The film is based on the book 'The Motherhood Manifesto' by Joan Blades and Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner.

'It is very difficult to fit work and family issues into any kind of television or movie format, but The Motherhood Manifesto does it, and does it well. The stories range from heartbreaking to angry to enormously insightful, broken up by wonderful cartoon sketches, old clips from TV and movies, and interviews with leading experts. I'll be using it in class this fall. This is a great work and a movie that everyone should see!' Dr. Robert Drago, Penn State University

'The Motherhood Manifesto is a funny, fascinating, informative, and finally, infuriating, film about motherhood in America. At the end of this one, you'll want to jump out of your seat, rush out the door, and start demanding change immediately!' Ann Crittenden, author, The Price of Motherhood

'The Motherhood Manifesto is a sharp, funny, wry tale about some very unfunny social issues that mothers grapple with daily. If you have a mother, are a mother or know a mother, see this film.' Brita Butler-Wall, Ph.D., Seattle School Board

'Watch out. Apple pie is next. Motherhood has never been more disrespected in our nation than now. Seeing this excellent film, I was shocked to learn of mothers' struggles to earn a living wage and have time enough to love their children - who are, in fact, our nation's future. What a chilling commentary on how far we've come from our ideals when we can leave mothers out in the cold. Fortunately, The Motherhood Manifesto provides us with a path back to decency.' Vicki Robin, author, Your Money or Your Life

'If you think motherhood is sacred in the United States, then think again. This humorous and often bitingly cynical film exposes the myriad impediments that willfully deny aid, comfort and security to mothers (and, by extension, their precious little charges!) in contemporary American society. As one watches this film, one cannot help but wonder why the world's wealthiest and most powerful nation would treat mothers so deplorably. More importantly, this film begs viewers to wonder how this sorry state of affairs can be rectified.' Timothy McGettigan, Ph.D., Department of Sociology, Colorado State University- Pueblo

'The Motherhood Manifesto mingles searing contemporary interviews, vintage clips from television's Golden Era, depressing labor and industry statistics, and satirical cartoon parody to draw viewers into the world of mothers seeking additional employment...The documentary's focus -- a lack of access to job opportunity and pay equity for women with children -- remains a sad commentary on U.S. priorities. Appropriate for audiences from middle schools through AARP members, The Motherhood Manifesto invites its viewers to question why a world economic power holds its women and children in such low esteem.' Elaine W. Reed, Director, Women's Center and Women's Studies, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

'Motherhood Manifesto tells the stories that reveal the second class status of mothers in the U.S., and by extension, their children. The film demonstrates how workplace policies can benefit mothers and increase workplace efficiency and productivity. Viewers who are mothers will have their hardships affirmed, and legislators, policymakers, and employers will learn strategies to make our economy stronger with simple steps toward more flexibility in the workplace. An insightful analysis of the sexual politics of labor for students of gender and labor history and for decision makers in the workplace.' Jill Eichhorn, Associate Professor of Women's Studies/English, Coordinator of Women's Studies Program, Austin Peay State University

'An important documentary that captures some of the most pressing social issues of the 21st century...The film clearly illustrates how negligent the U.S. has been in taking care of its families and children, and how little it would cost to provide the level of support that is offered to families in other industrialized countries...Engaging and informative.' Jeanne Hilton, Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Nevada

'Finally - a pro-families film that does not romanticize motherhood! The Motherhood Manifesto presents the sad facts about women's experiences, as mothers, with employment discrimination, childcare availability, sick leave policies, and health insurance coverage. Always engaging and sometimes humorous, it is a powerful college classroom teaching tool to engage students in re-examining their notions about 'family values' in U.S. policy. I will be using The Motherhood Manifesto in my family studies courses.' Anita Itla Garey, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Connecticut, and Author of Weaving Work and Motherhood.

'The Motherhood Manifesto is an insightful, engaging, and timely film which gives voice to concerns felt by millions of American parents, advocates, service providers, social scientists and others interested in the well-being of children and families...Using tongue-in-cheek humor, illustrative personal stories, as well as thoughtful commentary from advocates, scientists, policymakers, employees and even employers, The Motherhood Manifesto persuasively makes the case that the time has come for the United States to 'catch up' with much of the rest of the world in terms of supporting and investing in working families.' Danielle A. Crosby, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, University of North Carolina- Greensboro

'Builds compelling arguments for women's pay equity, saner work hours, flexible and part-time work, child care programs, and universal health care for children. We hear the voices of mothers asserting what strikes this viewer as reasonable, even modest, demands for basic needs and a balance between work and family responsibilities...engaging and humorous...Timely.' Cynthia Ninivaggi, Georgian Court University, Anthropology of Work Review

'Informative, infuriating, and eye-opening.....well-suited to both introductory and advanced students...thought provoking...[An] excellent stimulators of discussion.' Ana Villalobos, Brandeis University, Films For the Feminist Classroom

'Effectively points out the curious hypocrisy of American politicians who brag about 'family values' - holding up stay-at-home motherhood as best for children - yet refuse to put pressure on businesses to offer paid leave or allow federal tax breaks for the working spouse. Recommended.' Video Librarian

'Offers a wide range of information and testimonials from people with diverse backgrounds located in different parts of the country...It is a call for action to all Americans to mobilize towards a much needed solution to these problems. Highly recommended for discussions with focus on social and policy perspectives on childcare, women and work, working mothers, career and family issues.' Kayo Denda, Rutgers University, Educational Media Reviews Online

'Illustrates the point that, compared with other industrial nations, the United States is shockingly remiss in providing working conditions conducive to balancing home and work life...Recommended for public, school, and academic collections.' Mary Laskowski, University of Illinois Library, Library Journal

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Main credits

Pacheco, Laura (film producer)
Pacheco, Laura (film director)
De Graaf, John (film producer)
De Graaf, John (screenwriter)
Steenburgen, Mary (narrator)

Other credits

Photographer/editor, Dana Wilmar; music, Claudia Schmidt, Michael Bade, Kurt Feldhun.

MARC Record See Worldcat record

Keywords

discrimination, working mothers, maternity leave, paid parental leave, work environment, productivity, employer policy, public policy, family leave, flexible working hours, part-time parity, universal healthcare, childcare, after-school programs, living wages, American families, motherhood, mothers, Joan Blades, Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner; "The Motherhood Manifesto"; Bullfrog Films

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Male announcer: Funding for

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the Motherhood Manifesto was

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provided by the Service

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Employees International Union,

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Skyline Public Works, the

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Western States Center, and the

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American Federation of State,

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County, and Municipal Employees.

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[cheers and applause]

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The times in which we work

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and live are changing

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dramatically, and in one of

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the most dramatic shifts our

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society has seen, 2/3 of all

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moms also work outside the home.

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[cheers and applause]

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This changed world can be a time

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of great opportunity for all

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Americans to earn a better

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living, support your family, and

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have a rewarding career, and

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government must take your side.

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[sappy organ music]

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♪ ♪

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Uh-huh.

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Okay, all right, I have

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a visitor.

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I got to run, okay?

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All right.

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I\"ll talk at you later.

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Bye.

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I\"m so sorry to keep you

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waiting.

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I don\"t know about you, but

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between my job and working out,

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I can hardly breathe.

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Well, I\"m honored you looked

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two months ahead in your PDA to

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fit me in.

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[sighs]

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Anyway, I have some big news.

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Tom and I think it\"s time to

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start a family.

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I\"ve stopped...

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Stop.

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Are you clueless?

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Don\"t you read anything?

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You \"re not genius, but you\" re

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not that smart either.

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You\"re teasing me, right?

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I wish.

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Well, don\"t you want to be

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a mother?

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Don\"t you know what happens

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to mothers in America?

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[sappy organ music swells]

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♪ ♪

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male announcer: It\"s The Bev

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Betters Show.

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Hello, ladies.

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I\"m Beverly Betters, but call

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me Bev.

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Seems every day, I meet another

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struggling mother, and they ask

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me, \"How do you do it?

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Pulled yourself up from nothing,

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raising those perfect kids.

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You run a business, stay fit,

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and, oh, that garden.\"

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Well, moms, you can do it too

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with the help of my new series

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called Mom Matters.

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Ready to be a better mother?

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Stay tuned.

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Male announcer: Seven people

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make a big wash, but it\"s got to

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be done every week.

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You can\"t leave your

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menfolks dirty.

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They might get used to it.

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Steenburgen: There\"s been a

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revolution in American life

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over the past half century.

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Announcer: That\"s the old

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way, the hard way.

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Steenburgen: It\"s not exactly

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what the experts predicted.

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Male announcer: This is the

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kitchen of tomorrow, a

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press-button dream coming true

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for Mrs. Housewife.

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A wave of the hand, and presto!

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Down comes a hidden cabinet with

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the dishes.

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Mama will feel like a fairy

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princess with a magic wand in a

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place like this.

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[crying]

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Steenburgen: Mom can only

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wonder what happened to

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such promises.

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Families feel the pressure to

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work harder, not work less.

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In 1960, 70% of all families had

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a breadwinner who went to work

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every day and a homemaker who

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stayed home and took care of the

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children or an elderly parent or

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a sick relative.

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That has completely changed.

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It\"s reversed.

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Today, 70% of families are what

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I call \"juggler families.\"

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Steenburgen: Together,

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parents spend 500 hours more at

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work each year than a generation

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ago, on top of household duties.

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Let\"s go bye-bye.

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Steenburgen: Even most single

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moms also work outside the home.

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We did a study in 2005 of

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2,000 mothers.

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Mothers want to work.

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There\"s no question about that,

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but they want to work in ways

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that enable them to have time,

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time for themselves, time for

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their families, time for their

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children, time for personal

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and family relationships,

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time for life.

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Steenburgen: Today women

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without children earn 90% of

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what men do, yet for mothers,

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that number drops to 73%, and

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for single moms, to about 60%.

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A college graduate who becomes a

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mother can expect to forfeit

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nearly $1 million during her

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working life.

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You guys hungry?

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Yes.

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Extremely.

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Excellent. I am starved.

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Steenburgen: It\"s Saint

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Patrick \"s day at Kiki Peppard\"s

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home in the Pocono Mountains.

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Her son, Jim, has come to visit.

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He and sister Carissa are doing

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well in new jobs, and Kiki has

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also found full-time employment

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with decent pay and perks.

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My mother was born in Poland.

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She and her family were captured

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by the Russians and put in

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concentration camps.

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And when my mother raised us,

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she said over and over, \"You

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make sure you\"re proud to be

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an American.\"

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Steenburgen: Until 1994, Kiki

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and her children lived on

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Long Island.

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Her husband had left her

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years earlier.

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Her mother helped her raise her

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children while she worked

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overtime to support them.

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Then, suddenly, her mother died.

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It left this big,

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gaping hole,

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not to mention, then, at that

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point, my son was responsible

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for raising my daughter,

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because I still had to work.

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I mean, that was all there was

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to it.

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Steenburgen: Overwhelmed,

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Kiki sold her New York home and

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looked for a cheaper place to

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raise her children.

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We found this lovely home

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in Pennsylvania.

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People said to me, \"Do you know

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anybody there?\"

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I said, \"No, it doesn\" t matter.

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We can just start all over,\"

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you know?

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And they said, \"Well, what about

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a job?\"

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And I said, \"I have

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wonderful skills.

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I\"m not going to have

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a problem.\"

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And then the very, very first

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question on my first interview

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was, \"Tell me, are you married?\"

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And I\"d say, \"No.\"

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\"Well, do you have children?\"

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Steenburgen: She said, \"Yes.\"

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And he says, \"Oh, we don\"t

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hire women with children.\"

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And I said, \"Why?\"

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He says, \"They take too much

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time off from work.\"

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I said, \"You\" re kidding

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me, right?\"

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Steenburgen: Other interviews

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also ended abruptly with the

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same response.

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After a few months, Kiki\"s

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savings were gone.

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And eventually, I got a job

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through a temp agency, because

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they don\"t care.

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Steenburgen: But they didn\"t

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pay enough to make ends

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meet either.

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[chainsaw buzzing]

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With a blizzard on the way, Jim

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cuts firewood for his mother.

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When he was 14, his family\"s

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heat was cut off because they

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couldn\"t pay the bill, so Jim

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fixed up a neighbor\"s

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discarded woodstove.

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Then he found free scrap wood

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from a local lumberyard.

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Well, I was out mowing grass,

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you know, fixing things, doing

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odd jobs for people, and I\"d

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give my mom the money.

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Of course, I understood that it

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wasn\"t my fault directly, but

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it was just a horrible feeling

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on the inside.

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Steenburgen: Meanwhile, Kiki

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kept looking for regular work.

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Finally, one man agreed to look

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at her résumé.

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And he says, \"Well, let me

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ask you something.\"

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I see you\"ve been out of work

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for a while.

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I said, \"Since as long as

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I \"ve been in Pennsylvania.\"

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And he said...

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Well, how do you

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provide for your children?

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I said, \"Honestly, I have

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food stamps and the

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food pantry.\"

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He says...

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That\"s it.

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I don\"t hire people like you.

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\"Oh, and what makes a people

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like me?\" I said to him.

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He says, \"You know, you people

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that abuse the welfare system.\"

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Steenburgen: Then another

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prospective employer told Kiki

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he\"d pay her less because she

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was raising children alone.

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Sorry, that\"s all I can do.

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Take it or leave it.

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Steenburgen: It was the

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last straw.

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Kiki called the Pennsylvania

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Human Relations Commission,

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asking if the discrimination

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she experienced was legal.

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They said, \"Yes.\"

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\"Yes what?\"

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\"Yes, you can be denied a job

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because of your marital status.\"

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I go, \"You\" ve got to be

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kidding me.

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This can\"t be real.

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This is wrong.

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This is absolutely,

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positively wrong.\"

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He says, \"Yeah, you\" re going to

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have to get a law passed.\"

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\"So well, then, fine, I will.\"

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And I said, \"What you\" re going

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to need, eventually, is a

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sterilization certificate if you

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want to get a job

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in Pennsylvania.\"

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Mr. Donnelly up in personnel

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said for me to give you

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this card.

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I\"m your new bearings inspector.

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Oh?

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Oh, wait a minute.

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Well, Mr. Bradshaw, what\"s on

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your mind?

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Bearings inspector.

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She\"s a good one too.

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Just look at that record.

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Okay, now, Walt, you\"ve had

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your little joke.

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Give her to somebody else.

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I asked for a man.

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We don\"t have a man with

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her qualifications.

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Seriously, Brad, get that chip

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off of your shoulder.

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What\"s wrong with her?

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She \"s a woman, isn\" t she?

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Now, wait a minute.

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Steenburgen: But it\"s not

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just Pennsylvania.

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In most states, it\"s still legal

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to discriminate against mothers.

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A recent study found that

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mothers are only about half as

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likely to be hired as

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nonmothers with the same

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resume, and for the same skilled

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jobs, they are offered $11,000

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less in annual starting pay.

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And it\"s not just wages, either.

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In the land of family values,

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mothers and families receive

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less support than anywhere else

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in the industrial world.

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We have virtually nothing.

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We have some supports in place

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for the poor in terms of

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health care and child care

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subsidies, but for people who

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are working and who aren\"t

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making much money, they are

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completely on their own.

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So you\"re a new mom with no

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maternity leave, yeah?

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Join the club, but don\"t join

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the whiner wagon.

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My new inflato-nanny with

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bonding formula means you can

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keep your job and know that all

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is snug back home.

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Till next time.

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Steenburgen: Even a little

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support would\"ve meant a lot to

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Selena Allen.

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When her second son Connor was

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born, Selena and her husband,

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James, were both working.

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Their son Anthony was

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in day care.

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They were officially

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middle-class, but finances

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were tight.

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You can\"t get decent housing

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and have a decent life on

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one income.

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We rent a house.

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You know, we don\"t drive fancy

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new cars.

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We don\"t do anything luxurious.

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We\"re just trying to make

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ends meet.

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Steenburgen: Her employer, a

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struggling nonprofit, had no

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money to provide paid

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maternity leave.

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Still, Selena planned to take a

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month off work after

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giving birth.

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Then Connor arrived six weeks

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premature and was rushed to

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intensive care.

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No one knew how long he\"d have

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to stay there.

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There was no way that I could

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take any additional leave, and

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we decided the best thing we

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could do is to spend the one

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month with Connor when he\"s home

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with us.

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I gave birth on a Wednesday, and

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on Monday, I went back to work.

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It was like a piece of me got

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left in that hospital, and now

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I had to pretend that I\"m okay.

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Hello.

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Steenburgen: Many studies

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have shown how important it is

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for parents to have time to bond

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with newborn or newly

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adopted children.

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Today only one in seven

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American workers receives paid

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childbirth leave.

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That makes the United States

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unique in the world.

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When families move from many

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European countries to the United

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States, they\"re stunned at how

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little we have.

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[all singing in native language]

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♪ ♪

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Steenburgen: Every so often

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in Seattle, several mothers from

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the Czech Republic bring their

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children together.

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We do little dances, sing

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Czech songs, read them

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Czech stories.

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[cheers and applause]

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Steenburgen: And they share

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regrets about having to leave

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their children and return to

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work much sooner than they would

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have back home.

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Czech moms receive two years of

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paid leave when they give birth.

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That there is no paid

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maternity leave or, you know,

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any support, basically, for

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mothers here is just a huge

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shock to us.

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We are, as the wealthiest

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country in the world, at the

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bottom of the totem pole in

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terms of family-leave and

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maternity-leave policies.

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The U.S. is right down there

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with, believe it or not,

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Lesotho, Swaziland, and Papua

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New Guinea.

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That\"s our competition.

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The whole rest of the world has

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us beat.

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Steenburgen: Paid parental

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leave has been proven to lower

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child mortality, improve

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children\"s learning, and reduce

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juvenile delinquency.

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Open wide.

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That building of that

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relationship between moms and

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dads and their infants is so

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critical in that first year.

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Steenburgen: That\"s why

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Canada recently increased paid

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family leave to one full year

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and why California became the

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first state in the

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U.S. to offer it.

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For our family, paid leave

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couldn\"t have come at a

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better time.

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Steenburgen: Like Selena

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Allen \"s son, Jenya Cassidy\"s

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twin daughters were premature.

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They were born six weeks

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early, and so having the six

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weeks of partial pay has helped

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me draw out my time a

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little longer.

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William, Mommy can only find

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the regular scissors.

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You want to try to do it

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with that?

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I think you\"re old enough now.

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Steenburgen: California

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already allowed mothers six

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weeks paid disability leave

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after giving birth.

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He\"s six weeks old, so

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literally, if I didn\"t have paid

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family leave, I would be going

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back to work tomorrow,

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on Monday, and I\"m not ready.

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Okay,papi,Mommy\"s going to

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change your diaper.

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Steenburgen: The new law

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allows six weeks more for

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bonding with newborns and

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adopted children or to care for

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sick relatives and

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domestic partners.

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That means a lot to Joya

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Chavarin and her husband, Bill.

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I\"m totally able to spend

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time with him.

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Steenburgen: Both parents can

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take the leave.

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I think that men are becoming

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more enlightened about the fact

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that they, too, share the

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responsibilities of parenthood.

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We have, surprisingly, lots of

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men and more and more men all

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the time opting to take the

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paid family leave.

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Steenburgen: California\"s

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labor movement made the bill

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a priority.

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So of course, we had to

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convince two houses of a

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legislature and then a

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governor to sign it.

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We brought busloads of people to

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the legislature, talking about

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the problems they had in caring

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for their newborns, educating

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legislators about the need to

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bond with your newborn.

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And if we are, in fact, a

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pro-family culture, a pro-family

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state, pro-family politicians,

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this is a way we can really do

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something to protect

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our families.

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[trolley bell dinging]

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Steenburgen: California\"s

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workers actually pay the entire

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cost through small

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payroll deductions.

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That helped win

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important allies.

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There are a lot of business

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owners out there that did think

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it was the right thing to do

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and that supported us.

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We did do a poll before the bill

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was passed, and across the

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board... across the board with

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everybody, it was positive:

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Republicans, you know,

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moderates, Democrats, old,

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young, different ethnic groups,

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men, women.

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I mean, it was really

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kind of astounding.

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Moms are always whining about

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getting \"trapped\" at the office.

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Ladies, please.

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You can pull full shifts and

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keep the home front

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running smooth.

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My secret: technology.

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It keeps us connected,

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even when we\"re not.

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[gasps]

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female announcer: Don\"t have

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to be chained to the stove

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all day.

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Just set the timer, and you\"re

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on your way.

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Steenburgen: Remember when

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they told us the age of leisure

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was coming?

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♪ Tick, tock, ♪

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♪ tick, tock. ♪

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♪ I\"m free to have fun ♪

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♪ around the clock. ♪

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Steenburgen: But Selena Allen

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can\"t imagine a free moment.

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Like one in three American

00:17:46.001 --> 00:17:47.998
workers with small children,

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hers is a tag-team marriage.

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My husband works graveyard,

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and I work days.

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We have the children in

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child care part-time, because

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that\"s all we can afford.

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Steenburgen: James gets home

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at 7:00 a.m. and sleeps till

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noon, when he must pick

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up Connor.

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Honey, get in the car.

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Steenburgen: Selena takes her

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boys to school and child care on

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her way to work.

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[coughing]

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I usually get home somewhere

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between 5:30 and 6:30, depending

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on what my workload\"s like.

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As soon as I walk in the door,

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James goes to sleep and tries to

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catch an evening nap.

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8:00, we eat our dinner.

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He gets ready to go to work.

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Can you put that back in

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the refrigerator?

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He leaves at 9:00.

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Then I get the kids to bed

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and go to sleep.

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He does that Monday

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through Friday.

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It\"s been a horrible strain on

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our marriage.

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[crying]

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You going to eat your dinner?

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Come on.

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Steenburgen: Not all working

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mothers have a schedule

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like Selena\"s.

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Okay, Anthony.

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Steenburgen: But the

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number one reason highly trained

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women give for leaving the

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workforce is lack of

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family time.

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By a three-to-two margin, women

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call flexibility more important

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than earning a lot of money.

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Be careful up there, Dev.

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Steenburgen: Monique and Dave

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Tilford work for an organization

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that understands

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those priorities.

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Haley, you\"re doing such a

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good job.

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Steenburgen: When their two

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children were born, both Dave

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and Monique received time off

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with pay.

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Her supervisor told her she

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could trim her work week to

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three days without

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losing benefits.

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Dave got the same offer.

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I can get faster.

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Yeah.

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My turn, right?

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All right.

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You going to sit on my lap?

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Yeah.

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All right.

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Do you think we\"ll break

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the slide?

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Yeah.

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♪ Make a little fire. ♪

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♪ Jump over it. ♪

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♪ Take a big leap. ♪

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♪ Jump over it. ♪

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♪ Grab your baby\"s hand. ♪

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♪ Jump over it. ♪

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♪ This is a time for love. ♪

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It\"s back and go.

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Most women and some men face

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a situation where their career

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is directly harmed by their

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decision to have a child.

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That\"s not been the case for me

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at all.

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My career actually advanced.

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I returned from maternity leave

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and took on the acting executive

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director role for Center for a

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New American Dream.

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There\"s also, then, the

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Kids & Commercialism Program.

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Steenburgen: The slogan of

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the Center for a New American

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Dream is \"more of what matters.\"

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Monique was drawn by its

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emphasis on the environment and

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social justice.

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Salaries at the center are

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modest, but employees work a

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four-day week and enjoy

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flexible hours.

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That attracts highly skilled

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people and keeps turnover to

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a minimum.

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We\"re all extremely dedicated

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to the cause, but it\"s not

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unusual for someone to take time

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off in the middle of the day to

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go watch a softball game

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or to tend to a

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parent-teacher conference.

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Steenburgen: Monique\"s

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workday ends at 5:30 with a

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five-minute walk to pick up her

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older daughter from preschool.

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You walk hand-in-hand home.

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It\"s what every...

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It\"s what every woman wants.

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♪ I love, love, love you. ♪

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♪ I love, love, love you. ♪

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♪ I love, love, love you. ♪

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I was lucky to piece together

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this life for myself,

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but millions of American women

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don\"t have this opportunity.

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[twangy guitar music]

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♪ ♪

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Steenburgen: If every

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American employer were like Jim

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Johnson, they would.

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I\"d want my daughters to have

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every opportunity that my son

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would have.

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They should still be able to

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have both a family and a

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meaningful career.

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Steenburgen: Jim Johnson runs

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a company that\"s been in his

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family for 107 years.

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A few years ago, he heard

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Professor Joan Williams speak

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about the special problems women

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face at work.

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And it was so thoughtfully

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done that it really had an

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impact on me.

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I got a lot more empathy for my

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wife and for women in general.

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He told me that he went back

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and asked his HR people, \"When

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we don\"t give benefits to

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part-timers, does that hurt

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primarily women?\"

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And they said, \"Yes.\"

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Well, he was shocked.

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That\"s not what he wanted.

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Okay, Carmen, are you ready

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to go?

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Yes, I am.

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Okay, you take an 819.

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Steenburgen: So Jim decided

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to make his workplace

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family-friendly.

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He called his employees together

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and asked them if they\"d be

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interested in flexible hours or

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working at home.

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There was a more overwhelming

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response to it than I thought

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there would be.

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People were very interested in

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it and were very excited

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about it.

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So they set up their

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own schedules.

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They backed each other up.

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We noticed that we could start

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attracting talent that we had

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not been able to attract before,

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that our turnover slowed

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dramatically.

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He wrote me a note thanking

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me and saying... telling me that

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he was reassessing the whole

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structure of the company, from

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the most modest workers with

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the most modest jobs all the way

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up to the executives, which I

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really admired.

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Steenburgen: Many of Jim\"s

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employees, including men, now

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work at home, saving

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work stations.

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Business is booming, while costs

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are down.

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We\"re building a new building

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right now, and I\"m building ten

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less spaces because of the

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people that work at home and

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won\"t need a desk.

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Steenburgen: Jim Johnson has

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done well by doing right.

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A Republican and a conservative,

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he believes other businesses

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will do the same if employees

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ask them to.

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I think that the first thing

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is for people not to be afraid

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to go to an employer and say,

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\"Boy, I\" m really struggling with

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my family and work.\"

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I really believe in the

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free market system.

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Rather than have the government

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come in an dictate things to

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business, I think that business

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should deal with these

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things themselves.

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Steenburgen: But will they?

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Joan Williams has her doubts.

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You can\"t depend on the

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market to solve the problem.

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Work-family advocates have, for

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fully 25 years, been making the

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business case to individual

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businesses, and we have seen

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truly, truly snail-paced

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progress through the economy.

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There are a few best-practice

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employers, and Jim Johnson is

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one of them, but the bulk of

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employers are way back here.

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[bell tolls]

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We need legislation of the sort

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they have all over Europe.

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Steenburgen: In many European

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countries, new laws assure equal

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treatment for part-timers while

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allowing all employees to reduce

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or adjust their schedules.

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In the UK, they\"ve passed a

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law that is called a

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soft-touch law, which provides

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the employee the chance to ask

00:25:38.751 --> 00:25:41.416
their employer for a new kind of

00:25:41.417 --> 00:25:42.833
schedule, whether that means

00:25:42.834 --> 00:25:44.333
going from full-time work to

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part-time work,

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a change in the hours

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and a compressed work week,

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any kind of different

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jiggering of their schedule

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because they need it to care for

00:25:53.667 --> 00:25:56.625
a child.

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Steenburgen: In the

00:25:57.168 --> 00:25:58.917
Netherlands and Germany, the

00:25:58.918 --> 00:26:00.249
laws go further.

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Employers are required to grant

00:26:02.876 --> 00:26:04.875
requests for flexibility or

00:26:04.876 --> 00:26:07.166
reductions to part-time work,

00:26:07.167 --> 00:26:08.999
unless such changes would cause

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:11.583
proven hardship for the firm.

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Part-timers keep the same hourly

00:26:13.334 --> 00:26:15.458
salary, health care, and

00:26:15.459 --> 00:26:17.041
prorated benefits.

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[speaking native language]

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Steenburgen: Europeans know

00:26:22.919 --> 00:26:24.082
such policies help retain

00:26:24.083 --> 00:26:25.083
employees with

00:26:25.084 --> 00:26:28.166
family obligations.

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If you are going to maintain

00:26:29.375 --> 00:26:32.291
global competitiveness, can you

00:26:32.292 --> 00:26:34.998
simply throw out the door the

00:26:34.999 --> 00:26:36.291
skills of roughly half

00:26:36.292 --> 00:26:37.708
your population?

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Answer: no.

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You know, there\"s a myth, and

00:26:40.999 --> 00:26:42.917
the myth is that if we offer

00:26:42.918 --> 00:26:46.208
workers the flexibility that

00:26:46.209 --> 00:26:47.958
they need to manage their days

00:26:47.959 --> 00:26:49.917
and provide work leave that they

00:26:49.918 --> 00:26:50.998
need to take care of their

00:26:50.999 --> 00:26:52.998
family members, our global

00:26:52.999 --> 00:26:55.082
competitiveness will sink.

00:26:55.083 --> 00:26:56.291
Well, the truth of the matter

00:26:56.292 --> 00:26:58.124
is that three of the top four

00:26:58.125 --> 00:26:59.666
most globally competitive

00:26:59.667 --> 00:27:02.082
nations also have the most

00:27:02.083 --> 00:27:04.167
family-friendly policies.

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Hey, ladies, we all know the

00:27:14.999 --> 00:27:16.124
trouble hours: kids home after

00:27:16.125 --> 00:27:17.500
school but before work\"s done.

00:27:17.501 --> 00:27:18.917
What\"s a mom to do?

00:27:18.918 --> 00:27:19.998
Choose shows carefully, and

00:27:19.999 --> 00:27:21.166
they\"ll learn about healthy

00:27:21.167 --> 00:27:22.998
eating, world events, even

00:27:22.999 --> 00:27:24.998
conflict resolution.

00:27:24.999 --> 00:27:26.999
Till next time.

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Steenburgen: There\"s been

00:27:36.376 --> 00:27:37.999
another sweeping revolution that

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:39.625
has changed family life

00:27:39.626 --> 00:27:42.374
immensely, and sometimes its

00:27:42.375 --> 00:27:47.791
impact feels overwhelming.

00:27:47.792 --> 00:27:48.626
Mothers are very, very

00:27:48.627 --> 00:27:50.374
concerned about the culture.

00:27:50.375 --> 00:27:51.998
They\"re concerned about the ways

00:27:51.999 --> 00:27:53.291
in which our culture is making

00:27:53.292 --> 00:27:55.416
it difficult to instill positive

00:27:55.417 --> 00:27:56.998
values in children.

00:27:56.999 --> 00:27:57.959
They\"re concerned about media,

00:27:57.959 --> 00:27:58.792
and they\"re concerned

00:27:58.793 --> 00:28:01.291
about advertising.

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Steenburgen: American

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:03.998
children spend eight hours a day

00:28:03.999 --> 00:28:06.500
connected to media.

00:28:06.501 --> 00:28:08.041
There\"s been just a firestorm

00:28:08.042 --> 00:28:09.750
of competition among advertisers

00:28:09.751 --> 00:28:11.875
to get to children at younger

00:28:11.876 --> 00:28:12.792
and younger ages.

00:28:12.793 --> 00:28:14.625
So, kids, get it now.

00:28:14.626 --> 00:28:15.417
Steenburgen: Ads encourage

00:28:15.418 --> 00:28:16.998
children to nag parents

00:28:16.999 --> 00:28:19.124
incessantly to get what

00:28:19.125 --> 00:28:20.458
they want.

00:28:20.459 --> 00:28:21.999
It\"s a systematic effort to

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:23.791
train our children in ways that

00:28:23.792 --> 00:28:25.166
are antithetical to the ways

00:28:25.167 --> 00:28:26.875
that most mothers seek to raise

00:28:26.876 --> 00:28:28.917
their children.

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Steenburgen: Then there\"s the

00:28:29.835 --> 00:28:31.791
program content: 1,000 murders

00:28:31.792 --> 00:28:33.998
and 10,000 violent acts

00:28:33.999 --> 00:28:35.998
each year, a doubling of

00:28:35.999 --> 00:28:37.999
sexually explicit scenes in the

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:39.208
past decade.

00:28:39.209 --> 00:28:41.833
Each day, 40,000 American

00:28:41.834 --> 00:28:46.208
kindergarteners are home alone,

00:28:46.209 --> 00:28:47.998
along with 14 million other

00:28:47.999 --> 00:28:49.124
children who are unsupervised

00:28:49.125 --> 00:28:55.208
after school.

00:28:55.209 --> 00:28:56.083
I think that parents have to

00:28:56.084 --> 00:28:57.500
be real careful and know what

00:28:57.501 --> 00:28:59.291
their children are

00:28:59.292 --> 00:29:02.708
watching and doing.

00:29:02.709 --> 00:29:03.501
Steenburgen: For police

00:29:03.502 --> 00:29:05.875
officer Don Arnold, the time

00:29:05.876 --> 00:29:07.666
between the final bell and

00:29:07.667 --> 00:29:09.791
parents\" return from work is the

00:29:09.792 --> 00:29:11.875
busiest time of day.

00:29:11.876 --> 00:29:13.166
The trend I\"ve noticed in the

00:29:13.167 --> 00:29:14.416
last nine years is, more parents

00:29:14.417 --> 00:29:17.416
are working, and kids are

00:29:17.417 --> 00:29:18.042
getting let out of school

00:29:18.043 --> 00:29:21.249
between 2:30 and 2:45.

00:29:21.250 --> 00:29:22.291
Oftentimes, that can leave

00:29:22.292 --> 00:29:23.998
almost two hours or three hours,

00:29:23.999 --> 00:29:26.998
even, before a parent\"s home to

00:29:26.999 --> 00:29:27.999
take control.

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:31.166
The tempo picks up, and we

00:29:31.167 --> 00:29:34.998
respond to more juvenile crimes.

00:29:34.999 --> 00:29:37.708
The likelihood of trouble

00:29:37.709 --> 00:29:40.998
starting is exponential.

00:29:40.999 --> 00:29:41.959
Steenburgen: Most incidents

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:43.082
aren\"t major, but reckless

00:29:43.083 --> 00:29:45.041
driving, vandalism, and

00:29:45.042 --> 00:29:47.998
burglaries are all too frequent.

00:29:47.999 --> 00:29:49.998
During the day is a prime

00:29:49.999 --> 00:29:52.500
time, while parents are at work,

00:29:52.501 --> 00:29:56.708
to break into people\"s houses.

00:29:56.709 --> 00:29:57.584
Steenburgen: Officer Arnold

00:29:57.584 --> 00:29:58.417
wishes there were more

00:29:58.418 --> 00:30:00.333
after-school programs to involve

00:30:00.334 --> 00:30:04.666
kids in positive activities.

00:30:04.667 --> 00:30:05.375
What do you do when you come

00:30:05.375 --> 00:30:06.125
home and you\"re hungry for a

00:30:06.125 --> 00:30:07.042
snack and you want to have

00:30:07.042 --> 00:30:07.999
something a little bit healthy

00:30:07.999 --> 00:30:08.751
and there\"s some

00:30:08.751 --> 00:30:09.292
leftover chicken?

00:30:09.292 --> 00:30:10.125
Steenburgen: Programs like

00:30:10.126 --> 00:30:11.708
this one.

00:30:11.709 --> 00:30:13.082
McClure Middle School stays open

00:30:13.083 --> 00:30:14.998
after hours to offer students

00:30:14.999 --> 00:30:17.998
free fun and supervision.

00:30:17.999 --> 00:30:19.208
I finally realized how

00:30:19.209 --> 00:30:20.458
fractions will come in handy

00:30:20.459 --> 00:30:21.833
in life.

00:30:21.834 --> 00:30:22.375
How what?

00:30:22.376 --> 00:30:23.458
How fractions come in handy

00:30:23.459 --> 00:30:24.791
in life, because that\"s why I

00:30:24.792 --> 00:30:25.709
never wanted to do my homework,

00:30:25.709 --> 00:30:26.584
because I never thought it would

00:30:26.584 --> 00:30:27.125
come in handy.

00:30:27.126 --> 00:30:28.708
That\"s right.

00:30:28.709 --> 00:30:29.459
Steenburgen: A school levy

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:31.583
passed by Seattle voters makes

00:30:31.584 --> 00:30:32.917
classes like this one

00:30:32.918 --> 00:30:36.208
widely available.

00:30:36.209 --> 00:30:37.000
I call it creative cooking,

00:30:37.001 --> 00:30:38.958
but we also do a little

00:30:38.959 --> 00:30:40.791
nutritional information.

00:30:40.792 --> 00:30:41.417
Remember how we cut?

00:30:41.418 --> 00:30:42.750
Remember how we did it before?

00:30:42.751 --> 00:30:43.667
Steenburgen: Janet Bell could

00:30:43.667 --> 00:30:44.417
have used help like

00:30:44.418 --> 00:30:45.998
this herself.

00:30:45.999 --> 00:30:47.291
She gave up a career as a

00:30:47.292 --> 00:30:49.249
scientist to stay home with

00:30:49.250 --> 00:30:50.666
her children.

00:30:50.667 --> 00:30:51.250
It\"s always been very

00:30:51.250 --> 00:30:52.000
difficult to figure out that

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.999
piece of what to do with your

00:30:52.999 --> 00:30:53.999
children if they\"re pretty young

00:30:53.999 --> 00:30:54.999
and they can\"t be on their own

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:57.917
for a couple hours after school.

00:30:57.918 --> 00:30:58.998
When I was growing up, we had a

00:30:58.999 --> 00:30:59.999
lot of neighbors at home, so

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:01.041
when you came home, as a middle

00:31:01.042 --> 00:31:02.998
school child, you know, there

00:31:02.999 --> 00:31:04.208
were people kind of monitoring

00:31:04.209 --> 00:31:05.583
and there was some

00:31:05.584 --> 00:31:06.167
accountability in

00:31:06.167 --> 00:31:06.999
your community.

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:08.998
Nowadays, there is nobody.

00:31:08.999 --> 00:31:10.998
They\"re all working, so I think

00:31:10.999 --> 00:31:11.999
that kids are left to their

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.999
own devices.

00:31:12.999 --> 00:31:13.918
Let\"s go.

00:31:13.919 --> 00:31:15.918
We\"re going to do that number.

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[lively music]

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♪ ♪

00:31:20.125 --> 00:31:20.999
Steenburgen: Many McClure

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:22.666
students enjoy an after-school

00:31:22.667 --> 00:31:26.998
drama program.

00:31:26.999 --> 00:31:28.583
For others, it\"s a chance to get

00:31:28.584 --> 00:31:29.209
a little help with

00:31:29.210 --> 00:31:31.791
their homework.

00:31:31.792 --> 00:31:33.082
The Seattle levy also pays for

00:31:33.083 --> 00:31:34.833
buses to take after-school

00:31:34.834 --> 00:31:36.124
students home at the end of

00:31:36.125 --> 00:31:37.833
the day.

00:31:37.834 --> 00:31:39.875
These programs are effective.

00:31:39.876 --> 00:31:41.791
Each dollar spent on them brings

00:31:41.792 --> 00:31:44.124
back up to $13 in educational

00:31:44.125 --> 00:31:45.998
improvements and

00:31:45.999 --> 00:31:47.999
reduced delinquency.

00:31:55.876 --> 00:31:56.998
Let\"s face it, moms.

00:31:56.999 --> 00:31:58.666
We can\"t all have health care.

00:31:58.667 --> 00:31:59.917
We\"re not Swedish.

00:31:59.918 --> 00:32:01.249
But we can do right by our kids

00:32:01.250 --> 00:32:02.625
and avoid pesky medical bills

00:32:02.626 --> 00:32:03.167
with a little

00:32:03.168 --> 00:32:04.875
well-placed padding.

00:32:04.876 --> 00:32:05.998
Remember, an ounce of prevention

00:32:05.999 --> 00:32:07.958
is worth a pound of cure.

00:32:07.959 --> 00:32:09.208
Till next time.

00:32:09.209 --> 00:32:10.998
[monitor beeping]

00:32:10.999 --> 00:32:14.998
[baby crying]

00:32:14.999 --> 00:32:16.416
Steenburgen: \"Just pray your

00:32:16.417 --> 00:32:19.998
child doesn \"t get really sick.\"

00:32:19.999 --> 00:32:20.999
That\"s what many American

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:24.750
mothers say.

00:32:24.751 --> 00:32:27.998
Sharon Dorsett knows why.

00:32:27.999 --> 00:32:29.998
Her son Zachary looks like a

00:32:29.999 --> 00:32:32.333
happy, healthy boy.

00:32:32.334 --> 00:32:35.208
Happy, yes, but Zachary Dorsett

00:32:35.209 --> 00:32:37.249
has a rare disease called

00:32:37.250 --> 00:32:39.999
primary immune deficiency.

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:41.625
The problems showed up soon

00:32:41.626 --> 00:32:43.583
after he was born.

00:32:43.584 --> 00:32:44.375
When he was three months old,

00:32:44.376 --> 00:32:45.998
he got pneumonia, and it was

00:32:45.999 --> 00:32:47.374
really bad, and he was sick

00:32:47.375 --> 00:32:48.917
for months and months.

00:32:48.918 --> 00:32:49.667
Steenburgen: He needed

00:32:49.668 --> 00:32:51.833
continual medical treatments.

00:32:51.834 --> 00:32:53.998
He also suffered from asthma and

00:32:53.999 --> 00:32:56.041
other illnesses.

00:32:56.042 --> 00:32:56.999
He would go to the doctor

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:59.998
probably once a week, twice a

00:32:59.999 --> 00:33:00.792
weeks sometimes.

00:33:00.793 --> 00:33:02.998
Sometimes more than that.

00:33:02.999 --> 00:33:03.999
Zachary being sick all the time

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:06.998
just was... it was frustrating.

00:33:06.999 --> 00:33:07.876
It was hurtful.

00:33:07.877 --> 00:33:08.998
You know what I mean?

00:33:08.999 --> 00:33:09.709
Just watching him suffer

00:33:09.710 --> 00:33:13.124
sometimes was just horrible.

00:33:13.125 --> 00:33:13.999
Steenburgen: Though the

00:33:13.999 --> 00:33:14.999
Dorsetts had health insurance,

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:16.998
it didn\"t cover everything.

00:33:16.999 --> 00:33:18.124
There were the co-pays and

00:33:18.125 --> 00:33:21.124
expensive medicines.

00:33:21.125 --> 00:33:22.791
Antibiotics have always been

00:33:22.792 --> 00:33:24.998
a big part of Zachary\"s bills.

00:33:24.999 --> 00:33:25.918
Steenburgen: Sometimes the

00:33:25.919 --> 00:33:26.998
insurance company would refuse

00:33:26.999 --> 00:33:30.458
to pay for them.

00:33:30.459 --> 00:33:32.124
They would say, \"He\" s been on

00:33:32.125 --> 00:33:33.208
them too much.

00:33:33.209 --> 00:33:36.124
We won \"t cover them.\"

00:33:36.125 --> 00:33:37.249
Medical bills started scaring

00:33:37.250 --> 00:33:39.124
us, probably, when he was 2,

00:33:39.125 --> 00:33:41.917
2 1/2.

00:33:41.918 --> 00:33:43.666
His expenses are what most

00:33:43.667 --> 00:33:46.208
people pay for, you know, a car

00:33:46.209 --> 00:33:48.291
or a house sometimes.

00:33:48.292 --> 00:33:49.998
We owe 10% of that.

00:33:49.999 --> 00:33:52.998
They pay 90, and we pay 10.

00:33:52.999 --> 00:33:53.999
Steenburgen: Each year, the

00:33:53.999 --> 00:33:54.999
Dorsetts must pay between

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:57.333
$10,000 and $20,000 for

00:33:57.334 --> 00:33:58.917
Zachary\"s treatment

00:33:58.918 --> 00:34:00.708
and medicines.

00:34:00.709 --> 00:34:01.417
About a year and a half ago,

00:34:01.418 --> 00:34:04.791
he was real sick.

00:34:04.792 --> 00:34:05.998
He\"d had a sinus infection

00:34:05.999 --> 00:34:08.583
probably for about six months.

00:34:08.584 --> 00:34:09.417
Steenburgen: They stretched

00:34:09.418 --> 00:34:10.998
their credit cards to the limit

00:34:10.999 --> 00:34:12.833
and refinanced their home but

00:34:12.834 --> 00:34:14.041
were not able to keep up with

00:34:14.042 --> 00:34:15.791
the bills, even though

00:34:15.792 --> 00:34:16.998
Zachary\"s father worked

00:34:16.999 --> 00:34:20.416
70-hour weeks.

00:34:20.417 --> 00:34:21.583
He would just work more and

00:34:21.584 --> 00:34:23.208
more and more and more and

00:34:23.209 --> 00:34:24.125
hope that it would make

00:34:24.125 --> 00:34:24.999
a difference.

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:26.999
There is nothing that would

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:28.000
stop either one of us from

00:34:28.001 --> 00:34:29.833
making Zachary better, whatever

00:34:29.834 --> 00:34:31.875
we had to do.

00:34:31.876 --> 00:34:32.792
Steenburgen: But eventually,

00:34:32.793 --> 00:34:33.998
they were forced to file

00:34:33.999 --> 00:34:38.333
for bankruptcy.

00:34:38.334 --> 00:34:39.998
ANew York Times story helped

00:34:39.999 --> 00:34:41.999
the Dorsetts keep their home,

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:45.791
but life is still a struggle,

00:34:45.792 --> 00:34:47.458
and recently they learned that

00:34:47.459 --> 00:34:49.041
Zachary\"s sister has the

00:34:49.042 --> 00:34:52.333
same disease.

00:34:52.334 --> 00:34:53.334
I think people need to

00:34:53.335 --> 00:34:56.666
understand that they\"re not any

00:34:56.667 --> 00:34:58.458
different than me.

00:34:58.459 --> 00:34:59.708
They\"re just one accident away

00:34:59.709 --> 00:35:00.998
from living the same kind of

00:35:00.999 --> 00:35:03.458
life that I\"m living.

00:35:03.459 --> 00:35:04.167
I think it\"s just really

00:35:04.168 --> 00:35:05.333
important that people

00:35:05.334 --> 00:35:06.708
come together.

00:35:06.709 --> 00:35:09.124
We all have a voice, and you

00:35:09.125 --> 00:35:10.750
know, when it comes time to

00:35:10.751 --> 00:35:12.875
where, you know, hopefully, the

00:35:12.876 --> 00:35:14.082
government will talk a lot more

00:35:14.083 --> 00:35:15.999
about universal health care, we

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:18.000
all need to use our voice.

00:35:19.999 --> 00:35:21.166
[phone ringing]

00:35:21.167 --> 00:35:22.291
Family practice.

00:35:22.292 --> 00:35:24.249
Lisa.

00:35:24.250 --> 00:35:25.000
Steenburgen: Millions of

00:35:25.001 --> 00:35:26.291
other families are at risk as

00:35:26.292 --> 00:35:27.583
America\"s health care

00:35:27.584 --> 00:35:29.333
crisis deepens.

00:35:29.334 --> 00:35:31.124
Today medical bills are a

00:35:31.125 --> 00:35:32.833
factor in half of

00:35:32.834 --> 00:35:34.791
all bankruptcies.

00:35:34.792 --> 00:35:36.458
2 million Americans a year are

00:35:36.459 --> 00:35:38.666
affected, 20 times as many as

00:35:38.667 --> 00:35:41.998
in 1980.

00:35:41.999 --> 00:35:43.791
Hi, Maureen, how are you?

00:35:43.792 --> 00:35:44.998
I\"m Fine. Thank you.

00:35:44.999 --> 00:35:46.166
Things going well?

00:35:46.167 --> 00:35:47.000
Steenburgen: Maureen is one

00:35:47.001 --> 00:35:48.998
of 46 million Americans

00:35:48.999 --> 00:35:50.958
who are uninsured,

00:35:50.959 --> 00:35:52.998
an increase of 6 million

00:35:52.999 --> 00:35:55.998
in the past four years.

00:35:55.999 --> 00:35:56.876
If you look at the national

00:35:56.877 --> 00:35:59.416
statistics, patients who have no

00:35:59.417 --> 00:36:01.249
insurance are two to three times

00:36:01.250 --> 00:36:02.917
more likely to die when

00:36:02.918 --> 00:36:03.998
hospitalized with the same

00:36:03.999 --> 00:36:04.999
illness as somebody who

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:06.333
has insurance.

00:36:06.334 --> 00:36:07.292
I mean, it definitely affects

00:36:07.292 --> 00:36:08.209
their health.

00:36:08.210 --> 00:36:09.958
There \"s no... there\" s study after

00:36:09.959 --> 00:36:10.626
study to show that.

00:36:10.627 --> 00:36:12.833
We know that that\"s the case,

00:36:12.834 --> 00:36:15.666
and I see it myself.

00:36:15.667 --> 00:36:19.249
I mean, it haunts you, really.

00:36:19.250 --> 00:36:20.209
So this situation is, you\"re

00:36:20.209 --> 00:36:21.083
working the full-time at

00:36:21.083 --> 00:36:21.999
day care now?

00:36:21.999 --> 00:36:22.751
Yes.

00:36:22.751 --> 00:36:23.584
Any chance they\"re going to

00:36:23.585 --> 00:36:25.208
give you health insurance?

00:36:25.209 --> 00:36:25.999
Not right now.

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:28.166
They are talking about it.

00:36:28.167 --> 00:36:29.167
Steenburgen: 18,000 Americans

00:36:29.168 --> 00:36:31.291
die each year for lack of

00:36:31.292 --> 00:36:32.125
health insurance.

00:36:32.126 --> 00:36:34.416
In many other cases, the cost of

00:36:34.417 --> 00:36:36.166
deductibles puts treatment out

00:36:36.167 --> 00:36:37.333
of reach.

00:36:37.334 --> 00:36:39.166
There have been times where

00:36:39.167 --> 00:36:40.958
people have talked me out of

00:36:40.959 --> 00:36:42.374
getting a certain test done or

00:36:42.375 --> 00:36:43.999
doing a certain thing, and

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:45.000
there\"s one case of a patient

00:36:45.001 --> 00:36:47.500
who died because of that, and

00:36:47.501 --> 00:36:49.458
you can \"t... you don\" t get over

00:36:49.459 --> 00:36:52.333
it, because you realize that you

00:36:52.334 --> 00:36:53.998
should never have listened to

00:36:53.999 --> 00:36:55.166
the patient begging you not to

00:36:55.167 --> 00:36:56.374
send them to the ER.

00:36:56.375 --> 00:36:57.998
Had a good day at school?

00:36:57.999 --> 00:36:58.999
Yeah.

00:36:58.999 --> 00:36:59.999
Yeah?

00:36:59.999 --> 00:37:00.834
Steenburgen: 9 million

00:37:00.835 --> 00:37:02.708
American children have no

00:37:02.709 --> 00:37:04.208
health insurance.

00:37:04.209 --> 00:37:05.625
Can I listen?

00:37:05.626 --> 00:37:06.958
Are you still ticklish?

00:37:06.959 --> 00:37:07.501
[laughs]

00:37:07.501 --> 00:37:08.250
Steenburgen: Dr. Deborah

00:37:08.251 --> 00:37:10.124
Richter remembers a patient she

00:37:10.125 --> 00:37:12.082
was too late to save, a young

00:37:12.083 --> 00:37:13.998
man who died of diabetes at the

00:37:13.999 --> 00:37:15.998
age of 21.

00:37:15.999 --> 00:37:17.500
And two years later, his

00:37:17.501 --> 00:37:20.458
sister had a baby, and she also

00:37:20.459 --> 00:37:22.374
had diabetes, so the baby was

00:37:22.375 --> 00:37:24.041
born deformed.

00:37:24.042 --> 00:37:24.999
Steenburgen: Both the baby

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:27.998
and the sister also died.

00:37:27.999 --> 00:37:29.374
So this mother lost her two

00:37:29.375 --> 00:37:30.917
children and her grandchild

00:37:30.918 --> 00:37:33.208
within two year\"s time,

00:37:33.209 --> 00:37:34.083
and it was mostly because they

00:37:34.084 --> 00:37:35.583
went through many periods of

00:37:35.584 --> 00:37:37.958
their lives without insurance.

00:37:37.959 --> 00:37:38.751
Steenburgen: During those

00:37:38.752 --> 00:37:39.999
periods, they couldn\"t treat the

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:41.500
diabetes, causing complications

00:37:41.501 --> 00:37:44.999
that eventually killed them.

00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:46.124
After you see enough of those

00:37:46.125 --> 00:37:48.416
cases... and I saw so many... you

00:37:48.417 --> 00:37:49.209
can\"t help but get involved.

00:37:49.210 --> 00:37:51.333
I mean, there\"s really no other

00:37:51.334 --> 00:37:52.917
way but just to remedy

00:37:52.918 --> 00:37:54.875
the system.

00:37:54.876 --> 00:37:55.751
Steenburgen: It would be hard

00:37:55.752 --> 00:37:57.041
to argue that the system isn\"t

00:37:57.042 --> 00:37:59.708
broken somewhere.

00:37:59.709 --> 00:38:01.875
America spends far more per

00:38:01.876 --> 00:38:03.291
person for health care than any

00:38:03.292 --> 00:38:04.998
other country.

00:38:04.999 --> 00:38:05.626
We should be the

00:38:05.627 --> 00:38:06.998
healthiest country.

00:38:06.999 --> 00:38:08.082
Instead, we\"re way down

00:38:08.083 --> 00:38:09.833
the list.

00:38:09.834 --> 00:38:10.667
Our outcomes are really

00:38:10.668 --> 00:38:11.998
worse than any other

00:38:11.999 --> 00:38:13.958
industrialized country.

00:38:13.959 --> 00:38:14.918
So if you look at life

00:38:14.919 --> 00:38:18.791
expectancy, maternal mortality,

00:38:18.792 --> 00:38:21.291
if you look at infant mortality,

00:38:21.292 --> 00:38:24.291
if you look at almost any health

00:38:24.292 --> 00:38:27.041
outcome, we rank far below the

00:38:27.042 --> 00:38:28.998
other industrialized nations,

00:38:28.999 --> 00:38:31.583
and in fact, the WHO says that

00:38:31.584 --> 00:38:33.416
the U.S. ranks down with

00:38:33.417 --> 00:38:35.249
countries like Slovakia and

00:38:35.250 --> 00:38:36.708
Costa Rica.

00:38:36.709 --> 00:38:38.458
We don\"t rank up with France and

00:38:38.459 --> 00:38:40.708
Japan and Germany, and that\"s

00:38:40.709 --> 00:38:42.958
really an outrage.

00:38:42.959 --> 00:38:43.834
Steenburgen: One way to start

00:38:43.835 --> 00:38:45.124
catching up and actually save

00:38:45.125 --> 00:38:47.374
money on health care would be to

00:38:47.375 --> 00:38:48.998
fully insure all children

00:38:48.999 --> 00:38:51.625
through a program like Medicare.

00:38:51.626 --> 00:38:53.958
It\"s fairly inexpensive to

00:38:53.959 --> 00:38:56.625
insure all kids, and the reason

00:38:56.626 --> 00:38:57.958
why is because most kids

00:38:57.959 --> 00:38:58.709
are healthy.

00:38:58.709 --> 00:38:59.584
Steenburgen: It would also

00:38:59.585 --> 00:39:01.998
remove one big worry from

00:39:01.999 --> 00:39:04.958
American mothers\" lives.

00:39:04.959 --> 00:39:06.416
Providing paid sick leave would

00:39:06.417 --> 00:39:08.791
remove another.

00:39:08.792 --> 00:39:09.667
According to government

00:39:09.668 --> 00:39:11.583
statistics, fewer and fewer

00:39:11.584 --> 00:39:13.500
companies are offering workers

00:39:13.501 --> 00:39:16.998
paid sick days.

00:39:16.999 --> 00:39:17.792
Male announcer: It is the

00:39:17.793 --> 00:39:18.998
duty of anyone suffering from a

00:39:18.999 --> 00:39:20.416
contagious disease to remain at

00:39:20.417 --> 00:39:21.791
home until the doctor feels it

00:39:21.792 --> 00:39:22.998
is safe for him to go out among

00:39:22.999 --> 00:39:23.999
other people.

00:39:23.999 --> 00:39:24.999
Steenburgen: More than half

00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:26.750
of all American workers get no

00:39:26.751 --> 00:39:28.998
paid sick leave, so many go to

00:39:28.999 --> 00:39:31.958
work ill, infecting others.

00:39:31.959 --> 00:39:33.833
This is an enormous problem.

00:39:33.834 --> 00:39:35.416
It\"s called presenteeism.

00:39:35.417 --> 00:39:37.583
Can you imagine if you go to

00:39:37.584 --> 00:39:39.124
a restaurant and your waitress,

00:39:39.125 --> 00:39:41.666
for example, is really, really

00:39:41.667 --> 00:39:44.583
sick with a bad, bad cold?

00:39:44.584 --> 00:39:45.998
She couldn\"t afford to stay home

00:39:45.999 --> 00:39:47.166
because she didn\"t have a single

00:39:47.167 --> 00:39:48.833
paid sick day.

00:39:48.834 --> 00:39:50.291
So she comes to work.

00:39:50.292 --> 00:39:51.999
She passes you your burger.

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:53.458
You get a cold.

00:39:53.459 --> 00:39:55.583
This is a problem.

00:39:55.584 --> 00:39:56.417
Steenburgen: Evidence shows

00:39:56.418 --> 00:39:57.998
that children recover faster

00:39:57.999 --> 00:39:59.625
from illnesses when their

00:39:59.626 --> 00:40:00.875
parents are there to care

00:40:00.876 --> 00:40:01.998
for them.

00:40:01.999 --> 00:40:02.999
They get better faster from

00:40:02.999 --> 00:40:03.709
chronic diseases.

00:40:03.710 --> 00:40:04.998
Their asthma gets under

00:40:04.999 --> 00:40:05.999
control better, their diabetes,

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:07.999
their epilepsy, their acute

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:09.998
injuries or illnesses.

00:40:09.999 --> 00:40:11.750
Their vital signs are better.

00:40:11.751 --> 00:40:13.208
Every measure of heart rate,

00:40:13.209 --> 00:40:14.625
temperature, et cetera gets

00:40:14.626 --> 00:40:16.917
better faster.

00:40:16.918 --> 00:40:17.626
Steenburgen: But all too

00:40:17.627 --> 00:40:19.833
often, parents can\"t stay home.

00:40:19.834 --> 00:40:21.666
I\"ve seen quite a few moms

00:40:21.667 --> 00:40:23.416
lose their job because they\"ve

00:40:23.417 --> 00:40:25.208
had to take off to be with their

00:40:25.209 --> 00:40:26.999
sick children.

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:27.999
Steenburgen: Almost all

00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:29.998
countries guarantee paid sick

00:40:29.999 --> 00:40:31.625
leave, including time to care

00:40:31.626 --> 00:40:33.500
for sick children.

00:40:33.501 --> 00:40:35.791
Among industrial nations, only

00:40:35.792 --> 00:40:40.291
the United States does not.

00:40:40.292 --> 00:40:41.998
The Healthy Families Act,

00:40:41.999 --> 00:40:43.500
recently introduced in Congress,

00:40:43.501 --> 00:40:45.833
would change that by providing

00:40:45.834 --> 00:40:49.500
paid sick days to all workers.

00:40:49.501 --> 00:40:51.374
It\"s not rocket science what

00:40:51.375 --> 00:40:51.999
we need to do.

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:53.583
We need to provide workers with

00:40:53.584 --> 00:40:54.998
paid sick days so they can take

00:40:54.999 --> 00:40:56.791
care of themselves, take care of

00:40:56.792 --> 00:40:57.998
their children, take care

00:40:57.999 --> 00:40:59.999
of elders.

00:41:05.999 --> 00:41:07.458
Ladies, I just got an email

00:41:07.459 --> 00:41:09.041
from a mom complaining about her

00:41:09.042 --> 00:41:10.416
little Johnny\"s day care.

00:41:10.417 --> 00:41:11.708
[dogs barking]

00:41:11.709 --> 00:41:12.709
Yikes!

00:41:12.710 --> 00:41:13.875
That is rough.

00:41:13.876 --> 00:41:14.417
But you know what?

00:41:14.417 --> 00:41:15.334
My mother never sent me

00:41:15.334 --> 00:41:16.125
anywhere fancy,

00:41:16.126 --> 00:41:18.291
and I turned out fine.

00:41:18.292 --> 00:41:20.166
Oh!

00:41:20.167 --> 00:41:21.167
Okay, you ready to go

00:41:21.168 --> 00:41:22.333
bye-bye?

00:41:22.334 --> 00:41:23.209
Steenburgen: For the past six

00:41:23.210 --> 00:41:25.625
months, Alfreda Oxley has seen a

00:41:25.626 --> 00:41:28.998
lot of her two sons.

00:41:28.999 --> 00:41:29.709
Hi, Mom.

00:41:29.709 --> 00:41:30.250
Hi.

00:41:30.250 --> 00:41:31.125
Steenburgen: She\"s been able

00:41:31.126 --> 00:41:32.291
to pick up 11-year old Assan

00:41:32.292 --> 00:41:33.998
when he gets out of school.

00:41:33.999 --> 00:41:34.999
School was fun today.

00:41:34.999 --> 00:41:35.999
Steenburgen: And he has been

00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:37.750
a big help to her, especially

00:41:37.751 --> 00:41:40.998
with his younger brother, M\"Kai.

00:41:40.999 --> 00:41:42.500
Yeah, you\"re happy, huh?

00:41:42.501 --> 00:41:44.374
Assan really loves M\"Kai,

00:41:44.375 --> 00:41:48.249
and M\"Kai loves Assan.

00:41:48.250 --> 00:41:49.000
Steenburgen: Alfreda has

00:41:49.001 --> 00:41:50.958
always worked full-time, but she

00:41:50.959 --> 00:41:51.959
took time off when M\"Kai

00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:53.458
was born.

00:41:53.459 --> 00:41:54.708
She combined odd jobs,

00:41:54.709 --> 00:41:56.625
accumulated leave, and her

00:41:56.626 --> 00:41:59.041
savings to get by.

00:41:59.042 --> 00:42:00.291
I didn\"t think six weeks was,

00:42:00.292 --> 00:42:01.125
you know, enough time.

00:42:01.126 --> 00:42:02.998
I wanted to bond with my child,

00:42:02.999 --> 00:42:04.999
and I wanted to, you know, to

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:07.998
get to know him before I shipped

00:42:07.999 --> 00:42:10.708
him off to someone to watch him,

00:42:10.709 --> 00:42:11.709
you know, that he wasn\"t

00:42:11.710 --> 00:42:13.708
comfortable with.

00:42:13.709 --> 00:42:14.417
Steenburgen: But now, her

00:42:14.418 --> 00:42:16.208
money gone, Alfreda must return

00:42:16.209 --> 00:42:18.750
to work and find affordable

00:42:18.751 --> 00:42:21.998
child care for M\"Kai.

00:42:21.999 --> 00:42:23.998
I worry a lot, because he\"s

00:42:23.999 --> 00:42:24.999
a newborn.

00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:28.833
It\"s like, maybe, $600 or

00:42:28.834 --> 00:42:32.583
$700 a month, and it\"s like,

00:42:32.584 --> 00:42:35.958
I can\"t afford it.

00:42:35.959 --> 00:42:37.666
♪ Come with me. ♪

00:42:37.667 --> 00:42:39.374
♪ It\"s a summer night ♪

00:42:39.375 --> 00:42:40.958
♪ so lovely. ♪

00:42:40.959 --> 00:42:42.249
♪ How can you be talking ♪

00:42:42.250 --> 00:42:44.998
♪ of sleeping and dreaming? ♪

00:42:44.999 --> 00:42:45.709
♪ We should be laughing ♪

00:42:45.710 --> 00:42:47.875
♪ and scheming. ♪

00:42:47.876 --> 00:42:49.041
♪ Come along. ♪

00:42:49.042 --> 00:42:50.708
♪ Maybe I will sing you ♪

00:42:50.709 --> 00:42:51.998
♪ a moon song, ♪

00:42:51.999 --> 00:42:53.082
♪ not just any moon. ♪

00:42:53.083 --> 00:42:55.666
♪ It\"s a rare moon. ♪

00:42:55.667 --> 00:43:01.333
♪ It\"s the banana moon. ♪

00:43:01.334 --> 00:43:02.875
Who can raise their hand and

00:43:02.876 --> 00:43:04.998
tell us what month it is?

00:43:04.999 --> 00:43:05.999
Iris.

00:43:05.999 --> 00:43:06.626
March.

00:43:06.626 --> 00:43:07.167
It\"s March.

00:43:07.168 --> 00:43:09.041
Can we all say \"March?\"

00:43:09.042 --> 00:43:09.999
Steenburgen: There\"s no

00:43:09.999 --> 00:43:10.999
question that high-quality

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:12.583
child care can make a big

00:43:12.584 --> 00:43:16.999
difference in children\"s lives.

00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:18.124
This is just an incredibly

00:43:18.125 --> 00:43:19.917
important time.

00:43:19.918 --> 00:43:22.666
The brain is growing at its

00:43:22.667 --> 00:43:24.958
fastest rate.

00:43:24.959 --> 00:43:26.998
How well a five-year-old is

00:43:26.999 --> 00:43:29.583
prepared for elementary school

00:43:29.584 --> 00:43:31.998
accounts for nearly half of how

00:43:31.999 --> 00:43:34.124
well they do in high school.

00:43:34.125 --> 00:43:34.999
Steenburgen: But child care

00:43:35.000 --> 00:43:36.998
like this costs more than $1,000

00:43:36.999 --> 00:43:38.917
a month.

00:43:38.918 --> 00:43:40.625
Even the average cost of child

00:43:40.626 --> 00:43:42.666
care is higher than the tuition

00:43:42.667 --> 00:43:45.875
at a typical state university.

00:43:45.876 --> 00:43:47.416
Despite the cost, few centers

00:43:47.417 --> 00:43:50.998
offer truly high-quality care,

00:43:50.999 --> 00:43:52.875
and some provide care so poor,

00:43:52.876 --> 00:43:54.124
it is actually harmful

00:43:54.125 --> 00:43:56.999
to children.

00:43:57.000 --> 00:43:57.999
Male announcer: Automation

00:43:58.000 --> 00:43:59.249
enters the nursery in this

00:43:59.250 --> 00:43:59.999
playful prediction

00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:04.082
from Budapest.

00:44:04.083 --> 00:44:05.583
One nurse at a central control

00:44:05.584 --> 00:44:07.041
panel will be able to manage a

00:44:07.042 --> 00:44:09.124
whole brigade of babies, and the

00:44:09.125 --> 00:44:10.042
tykes will spend happily

00:44:10.043 --> 00:44:11.998
antiseptic infancies untouched

00:44:11.999 --> 00:44:13.998
by human hands.

00:44:13.999 --> 00:44:14.876
They\"ll even be tucked into

00:44:14.877 --> 00:44:18.208
their cribs by remote control.

00:44:18.209 --> 00:44:19.042
Steenburgen: We\"re not this

00:44:19.043 --> 00:44:20.959
miserly, not yet.

00:44:23.083 --> 00:44:24.083
[jazzy piano music]

00:44:24.084 --> 00:44:32.083
♪ ♪

00:44:37.999 --> 00:44:39.374
Those few tasks are more vital

00:44:39.375 --> 00:44:40.998
to our future than caring for

00:44:40.999 --> 00:44:41.999
young children...

00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:44.583
Well, good morning, Kyra.

00:44:44.584 --> 00:44:45.250
Good morning.

00:44:45.250 --> 00:44:45.999
Good morning.

00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:47.500
How are you?

00:44:47.501 --> 00:44:48.250
Steenburgen: The average

00:44:48.251 --> 00:44:49.791
child-care worker in the United

00:44:49.792 --> 00:44:52.833
States earns only $17,000

00:44:52.834 --> 00:44:54.708
a year.

00:44:54.709 --> 00:44:55.998
Grandma\"s House Child Care

00:44:55.999 --> 00:44:57.999
Center has been a daytime home

00:44:58.000 --> 00:44:59.999
for South Chicago children for

00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:00.999
the past ten years.

00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:02.041
Good morning.

00:45:02.042 --> 00:45:03.124
How are you this morning?

00:45:03.125 --> 00:45:04.125
Steenburgen: Angenita Tanner

00:45:04.126 --> 00:45:06.082
has a degree in early childhood

00:45:06.083 --> 00:45:08.998
education and 22 years of child

00:45:08.999 --> 00:45:10.500
care experience.

00:45:10.501 --> 00:45:12.708
♪ Hello, hello, ♪

00:45:12.709 --> 00:45:14.791
♪ Nyla, Nyla. ♪

00:45:14.792 --> 00:45:15.501
Steenburgen: She tries to

00:45:15.501 --> 00:45:16.292
provide a rich learning

00:45:16.293 --> 00:45:17.998
environment for the children

00:45:17.999 --> 00:45:18.999
she serves.

00:45:19.000 --> 00:45:20.999
♪ You can say it again ♪

00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:23.041
♪ or count to ten. ♪

00:45:23.042 --> 00:45:26.875
♪ Hello, hello, hello. ♪

00:45:26.876 --> 00:45:27.834
Child-care providers, we\"re

00:45:27.835 --> 00:45:28.875
not babysitters.

00:45:28.876 --> 00:45:30.958
We do have creative curriculum

00:45:30.959 --> 00:45:32.208
for our children.

00:45:32.209 --> 00:45:33.000
Now, okay, when you go to

00:45:33.000 --> 00:45:33.999
the dentist, what do you have to

00:45:33.999 --> 00:45:34.709
do, Justin?

00:45:34.710 --> 00:45:35.958
Look at your teeth.

00:45:35.959 --> 00:45:36.501
Okay.

00:45:36.502 --> 00:45:37.791
As a child-care provider, you\"re

00:45:37.792 --> 00:45:39.998
not just providing care.

00:45:39.999 --> 00:45:41.917
You are a doctor.

00:45:41.918 --> 00:45:42.998
You\"re a nurse.

00:45:42.999 --> 00:45:44.458
You\"re a teacher.

00:45:44.459 --> 00:45:45.459
You are a lawyer.

00:45:45.460 --> 00:45:46.958
You\"re a psychiatrist.

00:45:46.959 --> 00:45:47.998
You\"re a psychologist.

00:45:47.999 --> 00:45:49.998
You\"re a dry cleaner.

00:45:49.999 --> 00:45:52.833
I mean, you wear so many hats.

00:45:52.834 --> 00:45:53.709
Steenburgen: Angenita tries

00:45:53.710 --> 00:45:55.750
to keep costs down, knowing the

00:45:55.751 --> 00:45:56.998
parents she serves can\"t

00:45:56.999 --> 00:45:58.958
pay much.

00:45:58.959 --> 00:45:59.667
Now, we\"re talking about

00:45:59.668 --> 00:46:01.082
poverty parents.

00:46:01.083 --> 00:46:02.998
In these neighborhoods, they

00:46:02.999 --> 00:46:03.834
can\"t go to the

00:46:03.835 --> 00:46:05.166
expensive places.

00:46:05.167 --> 00:46:06.416
Some of them are, like, $300

00:46:06.417 --> 00:46:07.875
a week.

00:46:07.876 --> 00:46:08.958
They can\"t afford that.

00:46:08.959 --> 00:46:10.458
Some of them don\"t make $300

00:46:10.459 --> 00:46:11.791
a week.

00:46:11.792 --> 00:46:12.501
Steenburgen: The state of

00:46:12.502 --> 00:46:13.708
Illinois helps to subsidize

00:46:13.709 --> 00:46:15.791
child care for the poor, but

00:46:15.792 --> 00:46:17.374
Angenita Tanner receives only

00:46:17.375 --> 00:46:21.416
about $20 per child per day.

00:46:21.417 --> 00:46:22.998
Parents are supposed to make

00:46:22.999 --> 00:46:24.750
additional co-payments but often

00:46:24.751 --> 00:46:27.208
cannot afford to.

00:46:27.209 --> 00:46:28.333
We don\"t get that part,

00:46:28.334 --> 00:46:29.250
because the parents can\"t

00:46:29.251 --> 00:46:30.998
provide that.

00:46:30.999 --> 00:46:32.249
They have low-paying jobs, and

00:46:32.250 --> 00:46:33.458
they can\"t pay their co-pay.

00:46:33.459 --> 00:46:34.998
I had, like, one parent.

00:46:34.999 --> 00:46:36.458
She just slid down the wall and

00:46:36.459 --> 00:46:37.042
just started crying.

00:46:37.043 --> 00:46:38.917
She said, \"You know what?

00:46:38.918 --> 00:46:41.708
I can \"t pay for child care.\"

00:46:41.709 --> 00:46:42.375
Steenburgen: Sometimes

00:46:42.376 --> 00:46:43.998
Angenita even takes in children

00:46:43.999 --> 00:46:45.917
without charge when mothers are

00:46:45.918 --> 00:46:48.124
looking for work.

00:46:48.125 --> 00:46:49.958
Many parents bring sick children

00:46:49.959 --> 00:46:51.082
to the center.

00:46:51.083 --> 00:46:53.249
Because they have to work.

00:46:53.250 --> 00:46:55.041
Most of them can\"t take off.

00:46:55.042 --> 00:46:55.999
They don\"t have those days,

00:46:56.000 --> 00:46:58.166
and in one week, you can have

00:46:58.167 --> 00:47:00.208
everybody coughing and sneezing.

00:47:00.209 --> 00:47:02.875
It happens all the time.

00:47:02.876 --> 00:47:03.584
Steenburgen: Including

00:47:03.585 --> 00:47:05.208
Angenita.

00:47:05.209 --> 00:47:06.875
Who else besides child-care

00:47:06.876 --> 00:47:08.249
providers are at such a high

00:47:08.250 --> 00:47:10.500
risk for getting sick all

00:47:10.501 --> 00:47:12.998
the time?

00:47:12.999 --> 00:47:13.792
Steenburgen: But most

00:47:13.793 --> 00:47:15.249
child-care workers can\"t even

00:47:15.250 --> 00:47:18.249
afford health insurance.

00:47:18.250 --> 00:47:19.750
Like other providers, Angenita

00:47:19.751 --> 00:47:21.999
has struggled continually to

00:47:22.000 --> 00:47:23.958
turn a modest profit and keep

00:47:23.959 --> 00:47:24.998
her doors open.

00:47:24.999 --> 00:47:26.917
Worthy wages, worthy work!

00:47:26.918 --> 00:47:28.041
Worthy wages...

00:47:28.042 --> 00:47:28.999
Steenburgen: Throughout the

00:47:28.999 --> 00:47:29.999
United States, child-care

00:47:30.000 --> 00:47:31.998
workers are seeking pay and

00:47:31.999 --> 00:47:33.208
benefits equal to the importance

00:47:33.209 --> 00:47:35.166
of their work.

00:47:35.167 --> 00:47:36.458
In many other countries,

00:47:36.459 --> 00:47:38.166
high-quality child care is

00:47:38.167 --> 00:47:39.998
readily available at minimum

00:47:39.999 --> 00:47:41.998
cost to parents.

00:47:41.999 --> 00:47:42.999
[drum banging]

00:47:42.999 --> 00:47:43.999
[speaking native language]

00:47:43.999 --> 00:47:44.999
Steenburgen: Providers are

00:47:44.999 --> 00:47:45.999
certified for their professional

00:47:46.000 --> 00:47:48.998
skills and well compensated.

00:47:48.999 --> 00:47:49.999
Something like that almost

00:47:50.000 --> 00:47:52.583
happened in the United States.

00:47:52.584 --> 00:47:53.999
We passed a wonderful

00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:54.999
child-care bill

00:47:55.000 --> 00:47:56.124
a few decades ago.

00:47:56.125 --> 00:47:58.208
It was one of the best that\"s

00:47:58.209 --> 00:47:58.999
ever been written.

00:47:59.000 --> 00:48:00.583
It passed the U.S. House.

00:48:00.584 --> 00:48:02.416
It passed the Senate.

00:48:02.417 --> 00:48:04.333
It was vetoed by Richard Nixon,

00:48:04.334 --> 00:48:06.374
but we were that close to

00:48:06.375 --> 00:48:07.998
universal child care.

00:48:07.999 --> 00:48:09.708
And there\"s no reason that we

00:48:09.709 --> 00:48:11.709
can\"t do it again.

00:48:18.626 --> 00:48:19.666
Uh, Bev, we\"re on.

00:48:19.667 --> 00:48:20.708
You don\"t pay me [bleep]

00:48:20.709 --> 00:48:21.459
enough for this [bleep].

00:48:21.460 --> 00:48:22.708
I can\"t do it all!

00:48:22.709 --> 00:48:23.250
I\"ve had it.

00:48:23.250 --> 00:48:23.999
If I have to do another

00:48:23.999 --> 00:48:24.792
stupid show...

00:48:24.793 --> 00:48:26.750
Bev, we\"ll come too.

00:48:26.751 --> 00:48:29.751
[machine beeping]

00:48:30.751 --> 00:48:31.417
Steenburgen: The United

00:48:31.418 --> 00:48:33.333
States is the richest nation on

00:48:33.334 --> 00:48:35.208
Earth, yet among all

00:48:35.209 --> 00:48:36.998
industrial countries, we have

00:48:36.999 --> 00:48:38.750
the highest percentage of

00:48:38.751 --> 00:48:41.333
poor people.

00:48:41.334 --> 00:48:42.998
For the past decade, the minimum

00:48:42.999 --> 00:48:45.999
wage has remained frozen.

00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:47.458
Full-time minimum-wage workers

00:48:47.459 --> 00:48:50.999
remain deeply mired in poverty.

00:48:51.000 --> 00:48:51.999
Many people who work

00:48:52.000 --> 00:48:53.666
full-time as minimum-wage

00:48:53.667 --> 00:48:56.708
workers must depend on

00:48:56.709 --> 00:48:58.833
government subsidies in order to

00:48:58.834 --> 00:49:01.249
make ends meet.

00:49:01.250 --> 00:49:02.666
Steenburgen: In 1968, the

00:49:02.667 --> 00:49:03.998
minimum wage bought nearly twice

00:49:03.999 --> 00:49:08.082
as much as it buys today.

00:49:08.083 --> 00:49:09.124
If it had kept pace with

00:49:09.125 --> 00:49:11.458
inflation, it would now be $9.00

00:49:11.459 --> 00:49:13.041
an hour.

00:49:13.042 --> 00:49:14.583
Most minimum-wage workers

00:49:14.584 --> 00:49:15.875
are adults.

00:49:15.876 --> 00:49:17.374
The majority are women, many of

00:49:17.375 --> 00:49:20.124
them supporting children.

00:49:20.125 --> 00:49:21.998
Raise minimum wage!

00:49:21.999 --> 00:49:24.708
Raise minimum wage!

00:49:24.709 --> 00:49:25.501
Steenburgen: Now, however,

00:49:25.502 --> 00:49:27.958
hope may be on the way.

00:49:27.959 --> 00:49:29.500
In several states, citizen

00:49:29.501 --> 00:49:30.999
initiatives have led to

00:49:31.000 --> 00:49:32.998
important increases in the

00:49:32.999 --> 00:49:34.999
minimum wage.

00:49:35.000 --> 00:49:36.998
More than 100 American cities

00:49:36.999 --> 00:49:39.291
have had living-wage campaigns.

00:49:39.292 --> 00:49:40.750
These efforts have met

00:49:40.751 --> 00:49:42.998
powerful opposition.

00:49:42.999 --> 00:49:44.333
Employers and the Chamber of

00:49:44.334 --> 00:49:45.666
Commerce will say, \"We raise

00:49:45.667 --> 00:49:47.166
minimum wage, it\"s only going to

00:49:47.167 --> 00:49:48.875
hurt the people who are at the

00:49:48.876 --> 00:49:50.166
lowest rung of the

00:49:50.167 --> 00:49:51.458
economic strata.

00:49:51.459 --> 00:49:52.042
We\"re not going to have

00:49:52.043 --> 00:49:53.249
enough jobs.\"

00:49:53.250 --> 00:49:54.917
And that just doesn\"t seem to be

00:49:54.918 --> 00:49:55.459
the case.

00:49:55.460 --> 00:49:56.875
The question is, what is an

00:49:56.876 --> 00:49:58.041
economy for?

00:49:58.042 --> 00:49:59.791
I mean, if an economy isn\"t to

00:49:59.792 --> 00:50:02.998
support working parents and to

00:50:02.999 --> 00:50:05.708
support their caregiving and to

00:50:05.709 --> 00:50:07.998
give them free time to take care

00:50:07.999 --> 00:50:09.041
of the other parts of their

00:50:09.042 --> 00:50:10.875
life in terms of participating

00:50:10.876 --> 00:50:12.500
in their communities, being

00:50:12.501 --> 00:50:14.166
active citizens, being stewards

00:50:14.167 --> 00:50:16.998
of the environment, then what

00:50:16.999 --> 00:50:19.999
are we doing this for?

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♪ There is darkness ♪

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♪ in these hills. ♪

00:50:23.417 --> 00:50:26.998
♪ I am not afraid. ♪

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♪ Hope lives in ♪

00:50:28.000 --> 00:50:31.625
♪ these quiet hills. ♪

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Steenburgen: Quietly, a

00:50:32.293 --> 00:50:34.875
movement is growing, led by

00:50:34.876 --> 00:50:36.833
people like Kiki Peppard.

00:50:36.834 --> 00:50:38.458
For the past decade, she has

00:50:38.459 --> 00:50:39.042
been trying to end

00:50:39.043 --> 00:50:40.998
discrimination against mothers

00:50:40.999 --> 00:50:43.041
in Pennsylvania.

00:50:43.042 --> 00:50:44.124
I still believe that each

00:50:44.125 --> 00:50:46.750
voter makes a difference, and I

00:50:46.751 --> 00:50:47.292
always will.

00:50:47.292 --> 00:50:47.999
I\"m going to just keep on

00:50:48.000 --> 00:50:49.082
fighting and fighting

00:50:49.083 --> 00:50:51.666
and fighting, you know, and keep

00:50:51.667 --> 00:50:53.875
on calling and keep on writing.

00:50:53.876 --> 00:50:56.999
It\"s got to happen.

00:50:57.000 --> 00:50:57.999
Steenburgen: From small

00:50:58.000 --> 00:50:59.500
towns to big cities, the

00:50:59.501 --> 00:51:01.998
movement is taking root.

00:51:01.999 --> 00:51:02.876
Policies have to change.

00:51:02.877 --> 00:51:04.374
Employers have to catch on.

00:51:04.375 --> 00:51:05.791
Policy makers have to catch on

00:51:05.792 --> 00:51:08.041
that it\"s not okay to have a

00:51:08.042 --> 00:51:08.999
system where people are making

00:51:09.000 --> 00:51:10.041
these choices, where people have

00:51:10.042 --> 00:51:12.625
to choose between putting food

00:51:12.626 --> 00:51:14.458
on the dinner table or being at

00:51:14.459 --> 00:51:16.249
the dinner table.

00:51:16.250 --> 00:51:17.000
Steenburgen: In New York,

00:51:17.001 --> 00:51:18.249
young lawyers are joining

00:51:18.250 --> 00:51:19.833
the campaign.

00:51:19.834 --> 00:51:21.124
We came together to form a

00:51:21.125 --> 00:51:23.124
Better Balance, because we saw

00:51:23.125 --> 00:51:24.374
there was decades, years of

00:51:24.375 --> 00:51:25.042
research, on

00:51:25.042 --> 00:51:25.999
work-family conflict.

00:51:25.999 --> 00:51:26.999
There\"s so much out there

00:51:27.000 --> 00:51:28.333
but very little advocacy.

00:51:28.334 --> 00:51:29.998
Title VII.

00:51:29.999 --> 00:51:30.999
Steenburgen: They want more

00:51:30.999 --> 00:51:31.709
workplace flexibility,

00:51:31.710 --> 00:51:32.999
especially for

00:51:33.000 --> 00:51:35.666
low-income workers.

00:51:35.667 --> 00:51:36.417
It\"ll take us a while to get

00:51:36.418 --> 00:51:37.998
it, but I \"m confident that we\" ll

00:51:37.999 --> 00:51:40.249
succeed, and when we do, that is

00:51:40.250 --> 00:51:41.250
going to have an enormous impact

00:51:41.251 --> 00:51:43.791
on a lot of people\"s lives.

00:51:43.792 --> 00:51:44.501
Steenburgen: Momentum is

00:51:44.502 --> 00:51:46.998
building state by state, and

00:51:46.999 --> 00:51:48.999
there are federal stirrings too.

00:51:49.000 --> 00:51:51.124
Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey knows

00:51:51.125 --> 00:51:52.791
from experience why America\"s

00:51:52.792 --> 00:51:55.666
working families need help.

00:51:55.667 --> 00:51:56.584
Actually, I was a working

00:51:56.585 --> 00:51:58.833
mother myself, but I had never

00:51:58.834 --> 00:52:01.416
intended to be a working mother,

00:52:01.417 --> 00:52:03.625
because I grew up in the \"50s,

00:52:03.626 --> 00:52:05.249
and Good Housekeeping magazine

00:52:05.250 --> 00:52:07.625
was my Bible.

00:52:07.626 --> 00:52:09.958
And my children were one, three,

00:52:09.959 --> 00:52:11.999
and five years old when their

00:52:12.000 --> 00:52:15.998
dad abandoned us, so I went to

00:52:15.999 --> 00:52:17.917
work immediately.

00:52:17.918 --> 00:52:18.709
Steenburgen: But at first,

00:52:18.710 --> 00:52:20.458
she earned so little, she had to

00:52:20.459 --> 00:52:21.167
supplement her income

00:52:21.168 --> 00:52:23.625
with welfare.

00:52:23.626 --> 00:52:24.958
Now she has written a bill

00:52:24.959 --> 00:52:27.082
called the Balancing Act, which

00:52:27.083 --> 00:52:30.625
has several dozen sponsors.

00:52:30.626 --> 00:52:32.998
It includes paid family leave,

00:52:32.999 --> 00:52:34.999
benefits for part-time workers,

00:52:35.000 --> 00:52:36.998
support for high-quality child

00:52:36.999 --> 00:52:39.998
care and after-school programs.

00:52:39.999 --> 00:52:41.998
When I talk to moms, they

00:52:41.999 --> 00:52:43.708
get it.

00:52:43.709 --> 00:52:44.750
You can just see their eyes

00:52:44.751 --> 00:52:47.333
light up, because they see

00:52:47.334 --> 00:52:49.998
somebody that understands the

00:52:49.999 --> 00:52:52.917
pressures they\"re under.

00:52:52.918 --> 00:52:53.709
Male announcer: Tonight on

00:52:53.710 --> 00:52:56.998
Now:when political strategist

00:52:56.999 --> 00:52:58.998
Frank Luntz speaks, Republicans

00:52:58.999 --> 00:53:02.082
listen and repeat his words.

00:53:02.083 --> 00:53:02.999
And I\"ll tell you something

00:53:02.999 --> 00:53:03.751
about these women.

00:53:03.751 --> 00:53:04.375
I haven\"t done this

00:53:04.376 --> 00:53:05.708
publicly before.

00:53:05.709 --> 00:53:06.626
The number one issue to them

00:53:06.627 --> 00:53:07.998
is not education.

00:53:07.999 --> 00:53:08.918
It\"s not health care.

00:53:08.918 --> 00:53:09.459
It\"s not budgets.

00:53:09.459 --> 00:53:10.042
It\"s not even the war.

00:53:10.042 --> 00:53:10.999
What could it be?

00:53:11.000 --> 00:53:12.958
The lack of free time.

00:53:12.959 --> 00:53:14.124
The number one thing that

00:53:14.125 --> 00:53:15.416
matters to them is that they

00:53:15.417 --> 00:53:16.998
don\"t have the time that they

00:53:16.999 --> 00:53:18.998
want for their job, for their

00:53:18.999 --> 00:53:20.998
kids, for their spouse, for

00:53:20.999 --> 00:53:22.917
themselves, for their friends.

00:53:22.918 --> 00:53:24.291
The issue of time matters to

00:53:24.292 --> 00:53:25.500
them more than anything else

00:53:25.501 --> 00:53:26.083
in life.

00:53:26.083 --> 00:53:26.999
Steenburgen: He says that no

00:53:27.000 --> 00:53:28.666
one has proposed what swing

00:53:28.667 --> 00:53:30.917
voters, especially women with

00:53:30.918 --> 00:53:33.166
children, really want.

00:53:33.167 --> 00:53:34.500
No one has created an agenda,

00:53:34.501 --> 00:53:36.374
what I would call the \"free-time

00:53:36.375 --> 00:53:38.958
agenda, \" so it\" s up for grabs,

00:53:38.959 --> 00:53:40.041
just like these swing

00:53:40.042 --> 00:53:41.999
voters are.

00:53:42.000 --> 00:53:42.999
Steenburgen: It\"s often said

00:53:43.000 --> 00:53:44.208
that we cannot afford the kind

00:53:44.209 --> 00:53:45.458
of programs that are common

00:53:45.459 --> 00:53:47.998
in Europe.

00:53:47.999 --> 00:53:49.583
But Janet Gornick, who studies

00:53:49.584 --> 00:53:51.708
those programs, says we could

00:53:51.709 --> 00:53:53.625
have the best in the world for

00:53:53.626 --> 00:53:54.998
2% of our gross

00:53:54.999 --> 00:53:56.998
domestic product.

00:53:56.999 --> 00:53:57.999
Is that a big number or

00:53:57.999 --> 00:53:58.999
a small number?

00:53:59.000 --> 00:54:00.458
It\"s a big number relative to

00:54:00.459 --> 00:54:02.249
the current system, because we

00:54:02.250 --> 00:54:03.998
spend virtually no public money

00:54:03.999 --> 00:54:06.374
on paid family leave and not

00:54:06.375 --> 00:54:07.708
very much on child care.

00:54:07.709 --> 00:54:09.998
But it\"s fairly small relative

00:54:09.999 --> 00:54:11.458
to other items in the budget.

00:54:11.459 --> 00:54:12.875
It\"s small relative to the Bush

00:54:12.876 --> 00:54:14.583
tax cuts, I might add.

00:54:14.584 --> 00:54:15.334
Steenburgen: When Janet

00:54:15.335 --> 00:54:17.998
Gornick talks with Europeans,

00:54:17.999 --> 00:54:18.918
she hears the same questions

00:54:18.919 --> 00:54:21.998
over and over again.

00:54:21.999 --> 00:54:22.876
\"Why are Americans so hard

00:54:22.876 --> 00:54:23.751
on children?\"

00:54:23.751 --> 00:54:24.459
Why is it that American

00:54:24.460 --> 00:54:26.998
families don\"t protest?

00:54:26.999 --> 00:54:27.792
Why is is that American

00:54:27.793 --> 00:54:29.875
families are so complacent?

00:54:29.876 --> 00:54:30.998
Why do they accept the overwork

00:54:30.999 --> 00:54:31.999
and the absence of policy?\"

00:54:31.999 --> 00:54:32.709
And that\"s a very

00:54:32.710 --> 00:54:34.709
tough question.

00:54:39.876 --> 00:54:41.917
Whoever represents you in the

00:54:41.918 --> 00:54:43.374
government, let them know how

00:54:43.375 --> 00:54:45.082
important these issues are to

00:54:45.083 --> 00:54:47.833
you and that you

00:54:47.834 --> 00:54:48.999
vote accordingly.

00:54:49.000 --> 00:54:50.998
Thank you for voting.

00:54:50.999 --> 00:54:54.583
I refuse to accept that

00:54:54.584 --> 00:54:55.875
these fights are partisan

00:54:55.876 --> 00:54:57.666
fights, that it\"s Democrats

00:54:57.667 --> 00:54:59.124
versus Republicans.

00:54:59.125 --> 00:55:01.958
Until women, men, parents

00:55:01.959 --> 00:55:03.625
start speaking up, you\"re not

00:55:03.626 --> 00:55:04.375
going to see either party

00:55:04.375 --> 00:55:04.999
come forward.

00:55:05.000 --> 00:55:07.041
But once you do, once it\"s

00:55:07.042 --> 00:55:08.875
ignited, I think you\"ll wind up

00:55:08.876 --> 00:55:10.333
with a competition on these

00:55:10.334 --> 00:55:12.334
issues, and the voters will win.

00:55:16.667 --> 00:55:17.375
Steenburgen: It\"s time to

00:55:17.376 --> 00:55:19.998
take the long view.

00:55:19.999 --> 00:55:20.999
We\"re all in this together,

00:55:21.000 --> 00:55:23.998
because we all have mothers.

00:55:23.999 --> 00:55:25.249
Won\"t we support their efforts

00:55:25.250 --> 00:55:26.625
to care for their children

00:55:26.626 --> 00:55:28.500
simply because it\"s good for our

00:55:28.501 --> 00:55:30.374
country and it\"s the right thing

00:55:30.375 --> 00:55:33.833
to do?

00:55:33.834 --> 00:55:35.333
Doesn\"t every mother and child

00:55:35.334 --> 00:55:36.998
deserve the best America

00:55:36.999 --> 00:55:40.500
can offer?

00:55:40.501 --> 00:55:41.998
All of use want to have time

00:55:41.999 --> 00:55:43.458
with our children.

00:55:43.459 --> 00:55:45.374
We all want to have a life that

00:55:45.375 --> 00:55:47.791
is fulfilled, and we all want to

00:55:47.792 --> 00:55:49.166
have recognition for the

00:55:49.167 --> 00:55:51.082
important work that we do.

00:55:51.083 --> 00:55:52.875
We\"re all on the same side here,

00:55:52.876 --> 00:55:54.124
and we\"re finally starting to

00:55:54.125 --> 00:55:56.125
work together.

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♪ \"H\" is for my health care, ♪

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♪ free from greed. ♪

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♪ \"E\" is ♪

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♪ excellent child care, ♪

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♪ with love-light shining. ♪

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♪ \"R\" means realistic wages ♪

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♪ at her job ♪

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♪ so she doesn\"t need three. ♪

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♪ Put them all together, ♪

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♪ a word that means the world ♪

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provided by the Service

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Employees International Union,

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Skyline Public Works, the

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Western States Center, and the

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American Federation of State,

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County, and Municipal Employees.

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We are at the bottom

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of the totem pole

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in terms of family-leave

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and maternity-leave policies.

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The whole rest of the world

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has us beat.

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Male announcer: Examine

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what happens to working mothers

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and families

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in the United States.

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People have to choose

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between putting food

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on the dinner table

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or being at the dinner table.

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Announcer: See how

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enlightened employers

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and public policies

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can make America truly

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family friendly.

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