This episode we talk with three authors of two articles from the Winter 2011 issue of Contexts: Lisa Dodson [1] and Wendy Luttrell [2], authors of Families Facing Untenable Choices [3], and Stefanie Mollborn [4], author of “Children” Having Children [5]. We discuss why Americans are so tough on single moms and teen moms, the untenable choices that they face, and why supporting moms is a smart social investment.

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[1] http://www2.bc.edu/~dodsonli/

[2] http://www.wendyluttrell.com/

[3] http://contexts.org/articles/winter-2011/families-facing-untenable-choices/

[4] http://sobek.colorado.edu/SOC/People/Faculty/mollborn.html

[5] http://contexts.org/articles/winter-2011/children-having-children/

[6] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/OH25_Dodson_et_al.mp3