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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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>> 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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>> male announcer: It’sThe 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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calledMom 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

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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

00:19:08.228 --> 00:19:10.086
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

00:19:35.976 --> 00:19:38.153
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

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their employer for a new kind of

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schedule, whether that means

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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

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a child.

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>> Steenburgen: In the

00:25:55.716 --> 00:25:57.373
Netherlands and Germany, the

00:25:57.397 --> 00:25:58.775
laws go further.

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Employers are required to grant

00:26:01.361 --> 00:26:03.339
requests for flexibility or

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reductions to part-time work,

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unless such changes would cause

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proven hardship for the firm.

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Part-timers keep the same hourly

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salary, health care, and

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prorated benefits.

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>> [speaking native language]

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>> Steenburgen: Europeans know

00:26:21.421 --> 00:26:22.639
such policies help retain

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employees with

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family obligations.

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>> If you are going to maintain

00:26:27.948 --> 00:26:30.847
global competitiveness, can you

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simply throw out the door the

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skills of roughly half

00:26:34.875 --> 00:26:36.212
your population?

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Answer: no.

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>> You know, there’s a myth, and

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:41.417
the myth is that if we offer

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workers the flexibility that

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they need to manage their days

00:26:46.486 --> 00:26:48.424
and provide work leave that they

00:26:48.448 --> 00:26:49.506
need to take care of their

00:26:49.530 --> 00:26:51.587
family members, our global

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competitiveness will sink.

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Well, the truth of the matter

00:26:54.895 --> 00:26:56.713
is that three of the top four

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most globally competitive

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nations also have the most

00:27:00.701 --> 00:27:02.783
family-friendly policies.

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>> Hey, ladies, we all know the

00:27:13.633 --> 00:27:14.731
trouble hours: kids home after

00:27:14.755 --> 00:27:16.092
school but before work’s done.

00:27:16.116 --> 00:27:17.453
What’s a mom to do?

00:27:17.477 --> 00:27:18.614
Choose shows carefully, and

00:27:18.638 --> 00:27:19.776
they’ll learn about healthy

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eating, world events, even

00:27:21.562 --> 00:27:23.619
conflict resolution.

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Till next time.

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>> Steenburgen: There’s been

00:27:35.015 --> 00:27:36.633
another sweeping revolution that

00:27:36.657 --> 00:27:38.194
has changed family life

00:27:38.218 --> 00:27:40.997
immensely, and sometimes its

00:27:41.021 --> 00:27:46.362
impact feels overwhelming.

00:27:46.386 --> 00:27:47.203
>> Mothers are very, very

00:27:47.227 --> 00:27:49.005
concerned about the culture.

00:27:49.029 --> 00:27:50.646
They’re concerned about the ways

00:27:50.670 --> 00:27:51.928
in which our culture is making

00:27:51.952 --> 00:27:54.050
it difficult to instill positive

00:27:54.074 --> 00:27:55.651
values in children.

00:27:55.675 --> 00:27:56.533
They’re concerned about media,

00:27:56.557 --> 00:27:57.373
and they’re concerned

00:27:57.397 --> 00:27:59.936
about advertising.

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>> Steenburgen: American

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:02.658
children spend eight hours a day

00:28:02.682 --> 00:28:05.141
connected to media.

00:28:05.165 --> 00:28:06.703
>> There’s been just a firestorm

00:28:06.727 --> 00:28:08.344
of competition among advertisers

00:28:08.368 --> 00:28:10.466
to get to children at younger

00:28:10.490 --> 00:28:11.387
and younger ages.

00:28:11.411 --> 00:28:13.229
>> So, kids, get it now.

00:28:13.253 --> 00:28:14.070
>> Steenburgen: Ads encourage

00:28:14.094 --> 00:28:15.671
children to nag parents

00:28:15.695 --> 00:28:17.794
incessantly to get what

00:28:17.818 --> 00:28:19.115
they want.

00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:20.677
>> It’s a systematic effort to

00:28:20.701 --> 00:28:22.398
train our children in ways that

00:28:22.422 --> 00:28:23.840
are antithetical to the ways

00:28:23.864 --> 00:28:25.481
that most mothers seek to raise

00:28:25.506 --> 00:28:27.524
their children.

00:28:27.548 --> 00:28:28.444
>> Steenburgen: Then there’s the

00:28:28.468 --> 00:28:30.406
program content: 1,000 murders

00:28:30.430 --> 00:28:32.688
and 10,000 violent acts

00:28:32.712 --> 00:28:34.690
each year, a doubling of

00:28:34.714 --> 00:28:36.693
sexually explicit scenes in the

00:28:36.717 --> 00:28:37.894
past decade.

00:28:37.918 --> 00:28:40.456
Each day, 40,000 American

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:44.901
kindergarteners are home alone,

00:28:44.925 --> 00:28:46.623
along with 14 million other

00:28:46.647 --> 00:28:47.824
children who are unsupervised

00:28:47.848 --> 00:28:53.910
after school.

00:28:53.934 --> 00:28:54.791
>> I think that parents have to

00:28:54.815 --> 00:28:56.192
be real careful and know what

00:28:56.216 --> 00:28:57.994
their children are

00:28:58.018 --> 00:29:01.357
watching and doing.

00:29:01.381 --> 00:29:02.198
>> Steenburgen: For police

00:29:02.222 --> 00:29:04.521
officer Don Arnold, the time

00:29:04.545 --> 00:29:06.322
between the final bell and

00:29:06.346 --> 00:29:08.444
parents’ return from work is the

00:29:08.468 --> 00:29:10.527
busiest time of day.

00:29:10.551 --> 00:29:11.888
>> The trend I’ve noticed in the

00:29:11.912 --> 00:29:13.129
last nine years is, more parents

00:29:13.153 --> 00:29:16.132
are working, and kids are

00:29:16.156 --> 00:29:16.773
getting let out of school

00:29:16.797 --> 00:29:19.976
between 2:30 and 2:45.

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:21.017
Oftentimes, that can leave

00:29:21.041 --> 00:29:22.659
almost two hours or three hours,

00:29:22.683 --> 00:29:25.741
even, before a parent’s home to

00:29:25.765 --> 00:29:26.742
take control.

00:29:26.766 --> 00:29:29.906
The tempo picks up, and we

00:29:29.930 --> 00:29:33.749
respond to more juvenile crimes.

00:29:33.773 --> 00:29:36.392
The likelihood of trouble

00:29:36.416 --> 00:29:39.755
starting is exponential.

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.637
>> Steenburgen: Most incidents

00:29:40.661 --> 00:29:41.838
aren’t major, but reckless

00:29:41.862 --> 00:29:43.800
driving, vandalism, and

00:29:43.824 --> 00:29:46.762
burglaries are all too frequent.

00:29:46.786 --> 00:29:48.685
>> During the day is a prime

00:29:48.709 --> 00:29:51.247
time, while parents are at work,

00:29:51.271 --> 00:29:55.411
to break into people’s houses.

00:29:55.435 --> 00:29:56.292
>> Steenburgen: Officer Arnold

00:29:56.316 --> 00:29:57.173
wishes there were more

00:29:57.197 --> 00:29:59.095
after-school programs to involve

00:29:59.119 --> 00:30:03.379
kids in positive activities.

00:30:03.403 --> 00:30:04.140
>> What do you do when you come

00:30:04.164 --> 00:30:04.901
home and you’re hungry for a

00:30:04.925 --> 00:30:05.822
snack and you want to have

00:30:05.846 --> 00:30:06.782
something a little bit healthy

00:30:06.806 --> 00:30:07.463
and there’s some

00:30:07.487 --> 00:30:08.064
leftover chicken?

00:30:08.088 --> 00:30:08.905
>> Steenburgen: Programs like

00:30:08.929 --> 00:30:10.426
this one.

00:30:10.450 --> 00:30:11.868
McClure Middle School stays open

00:30:11.892 --> 00:30:13.789
after hours to offer students

00:30:13.813 --> 00:30:16.753
free fun and supervision.

00:30:16.777 --> 00:30:17.994
>> I finally realized how

00:30:18.018 --> 00:30:19.235
fractions will come in handy

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:20.557
in life.

00:30:20.581 --> 00:30:21.157
>> How what?

00:30:21.181 --> 00:30:22.238
>> How fractions come in handy

00:30:22.262 --> 00:30:23.520
in life, because that’s why I

00:30:23.544 --> 00:30:24.440
never wanted to do my homework,

00:30:24.464 --> 00:30:25.321
because I never thought it would

00:30:25.345 --> 00:30:25.922
come in handy.

00:30:25.946 --> 00:30:27.443
>> That’s right.

00:30:27.467 --> 00:30:28.244
>> Steenburgen: A school levy

00:30:28.268 --> 00:30:30.326
passed by Seattle voters makes

00:30:30.350 --> 00:30:31.648
classes like this one

00:30:31.672 --> 00:30:35.011
widely available.

00:30:35.035 --> 00:30:35.812
>> I call it creative cooking,

00:30:35.836 --> 00:30:37.694
but we also do a little

00:30:37.718 --> 00:30:39.536
nutritional information.

00:30:39.560 --> 00:30:40.216
Remember how we cut?

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:41.497
Remember how we did it before?

00:30:41.522 --> 00:30:42.418
>> Steenburgen: Janet Bell could

00:30:42.442 --> 00:30:43.219
have used help like

00:30:43.243 --> 00:30:44.820
this herself.

00:30:44.844 --> 00:30:46.102
She gave up a career as a

00:30:46.126 --> 00:30:48.064
scientist to stay home with

00:30:48.088 --> 00:30:49.425
her children.

00:30:49.449 --> 00:30:50.066
>> It’s always been very

00:30:50.090 --> 00:30:50.827
difficult to figure out that

00:30:50.851 --> 00:30:51.827
piece of what to do with your

00:30:51.851 --> 00:30:52.828
children if they’re pretty young

00:30:52.852 --> 00:30:53.829
and they can’t be on their own

00:30:53.853 --> 00:30:56.673
for a couple hours after school.

00:30:56.697 --> 00:30:57.794
When I was growing up, we had a

00:30:57.818 --> 00:30:58.835
lot of neighbors at home, so

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.876
when you came home, as a middle

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:01.837
school child, you know, there

00:31:01.861 --> 00:31:03.039
were people kind of monitoring

00:31:03.063 --> 00:31:04.360
and there was some

00:31:04.384 --> 00:31:05.001
accountability in

00:31:05.025 --> 00:31:05.802
your community.

00:31:05.826 --> 00:31:07.843
Nowadays, there is nobody.

00:31:07.867 --> 00:31:09.845
They’re all working, so I think

00:31:09.869 --> 00:31:10.847
that kids are left to their

00:31:10.871 --> 00:31:11.847
own devices.

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>> Let’s go.

00:31:12.713 --> 00:31:14.715
We’re going to do that number.

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[lively music]

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♪ ♪

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>> Steenburgen: Many McClure

00:31:19.879 --> 00:31:21.457
students enjoy an after-school

00:31:21.481 --> 00:31:25.822
drama program.

00:31:25.846 --> 00:31:27.383
For others, it’s a chance to get

00:31:27.407 --> 00:31:28.064
a little help with

00:31:28.088 --> 00:31:30.587
their homework.

00:31:30.611 --> 00:31:31.948
The Seattle levy also pays for

00:31:31.972 --> 00:31:33.630
buses to take after-school

00:31:33.654 --> 00:31:34.991
students home at the end of

00:31:35.015 --> 00:31:36.633
the day.

00:31:36.657 --> 00:31:38.675
These programs are effective.

00:31:38.699 --> 00:31:40.597
Each dollar spent on them brings

00:31:40.621 --> 00:31:42.999
back up to $13 in educational

00:31:43.023 --> 00:31:44.880
improvements and

00:31:44.904 --> 00:31:46.906
reduced delinquency.

00:31:54.715 --> 00:31:55.812
>> Let’s face it, moms.

00:31:55.836 --> 00:31:57.493
We can’t all have health care.

00:31:57.518 --> 00:31:58.735
We’re not Swedish.

00:31:58.759 --> 00:32:00.136
But we can do right by our kids

00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:01.457
and avoid pesky medical bills

00:32:01.481 --> 00:32:02.058
with a little

00:32:02.082 --> 00:32:03.700
well-placed padding.

00:32:03.724 --> 00:32:04.900
Remember, an ounce of prevention

00:32:04.924 --> 00:32:06.783
is worth a pound of cure.

00:32:06.807 --> 00:32:08.104
Till next time.

00:32:08.128 --> 00:32:09.905
[monitor beeping]

00:32:09.929 --> 00:32:13.909
[baby crying]

00:32:13.933 --> 00:32:15.311
>> Steenburgen: "Just pray your

00:32:15.335 --> 00:32:18.914
child doesn’t get really sick."

00:32:18.938 --> 00:32:19.836
That’s what many American

00:32:19.860 --> 00:32:23.600
mothers say.

00:32:23.624 --> 00:32:26.883
Sharon Dorsett knows why.

00:32:26.907 --> 00:32:28.924
Her son Zachary looks like a

00:32:28.948 --> 00:32:31.247
happy, healthy boy.

00:32:31.271 --> 00:32:34.130
Happy, yes, but Zachary Dorsett

00:32:34.154 --> 00:32:36.172
has a rare disease called

00:32:36.196 --> 00:32:38.935
primary immune deficiency.

00:32:38.959 --> 00:32:40.496
The problems showed up soon

00:32:40.521 --> 00:32:42.458
after he was born.

00:32:42.482 --> 00:32:43.299
>> When he was three months old,

00:32:43.323 --> 00:32:44.940
he got pneumonia, and it was

00:32:44.964 --> 00:32:46.302
really bad, and he was sick

00:32:46.326 --> 00:32:47.784
for months and months.

00:32:47.808 --> 00:32:48.545
>> Steenburgen: He needed

00:32:48.569 --> 00:32:50.707
continual medical treatments.

00:32:50.731 --> 00:32:52.948
He also suffered from asthma and

00:32:52.972 --> 00:32:54.991
other illnesses.

00:32:55.015 --> 00:32:55.912
>> He would go to the doctor

00:32:55.936 --> 00:32:58.954
probably once a week, twice a

00:32:58.978 --> 00:32:59.676
weeks sometimes.

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:01.957
Sometimes more than that.

00:33:01.981 --> 00:33:02.958
Zachary being sick all the time

00:33:02.982 --> 00:33:05.922
just was--it was frustrating.

00:33:05.946 --> 00:33:06.763
It was hurtful.

00:33:06.787 --> 00:33:07.924
You know what I mean?

00:33:07.948 --> 00:33:08.605
Just watching him suffer

00:33:08.629 --> 00:33:12.088
sometimes was just horrible.

00:33:12.112 --> 00:33:12.968
>> Steenburgen: Though the

00:33:12.992 --> 00:33:13.890
Dorsetts had health insurance,

00:33:13.914 --> 00:33:15.971
it didn’t cover everything.

00:33:15.995 --> 00:33:17.093
There were the co-pays and

00:33:17.117 --> 00:33:20.096
expensive medicines.

00:33:20.120 --> 00:33:21.698
>> Antibiotics have always been

00:33:21.722 --> 00:33:23.979
a big part of Zachary’s bills.

00:33:24.003 --> 00:33:24.821
>> Steenburgen: Sometimes the

00:33:24.845 --> 00:33:25.981
insurance company would refuse

00:33:26.005 --> 00:33:29.425
to pay for them.

00:33:29.449 --> 00:33:31.107
>> They would say, "He’s been on

00:33:31.131 --> 00:33:32.188
them too much.

00:33:32.212 --> 00:33:35.111
We won’t cover them."

00:33:35.135 --> 00:33:36.232
Medical bills started scaring

00:33:36.256 --> 00:33:38.114
us, probably, when he was 2,

00:33:38.138 --> 00:33:40.837
2 1/2.

00:33:40.861 --> 00:33:42.599
His expenses are what most

00:33:42.623 --> 00:33:45.201
people pay for, you know, a car

00:33:45.225 --> 00:33:47.283
or a house sometimes.

00:33:47.307 --> 00:33:49.004
We owe 10% of that.

00:33:49.028 --> 00:33:51.968
They pay 90, and we pay 10.

00:33:51.992 --> 00:33:52.929
>> Steenburgen: Each year, the

00:33:52.953 --> 00:33:54.009
Dorsetts must pay between

00:33:54.033 --> 00:33:56.332
$10,000 and $20,000 for

00:33:56.356 --> 00:33:57.854
Zachary’s treatment

00:33:57.878 --> 00:33:59.656
and medicines.

00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:00.416
>> About a year and a half ago,

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:03.740
he was real sick.

00:34:03.764 --> 00:34:05.020
He’d had a sinus infection

00:34:05.044 --> 00:34:07.544
probably for about six months.

00:34:07.568 --> 00:34:08.424
>> Steenburgen: They stretched

00:34:08.448 --> 00:34:09.946
their credit cards to the limit

00:34:09.970 --> 00:34:11.788
and refinanced their home but

00:34:11.812 --> 00:34:13.069
were not able to keep up with

00:34:13.093 --> 00:34:14.751
the bills, even though

00:34:14.775 --> 00:34:16.031
Zachary’s father worked

00:34:16.055 --> 00:34:19.435
70-hour weeks.

00:34:19.459 --> 00:34:20.557
>> He would just work more and

00:34:20.581 --> 00:34:22.238
more and more and more and

00:34:22.262 --> 00:34:23.159
hope that it would make

00:34:23.183 --> 00:34:23.960
a difference.

00:34:23.984 --> 00:34:26.042
There is nothing that would

00:34:26.066 --> 00:34:27.043
stop either one of us from

00:34:27.067 --> 00:34:28.805
making Zachary better, whatever

00:34:28.829 --> 00:34:30.847
we had to do.

00:34:30.871 --> 00:34:31.768
>> Steenburgen: But eventually,

00:34:31.792 --> 00:34:33.048
they were forced to file

00:34:33.072 --> 00:34:37.373
for bankruptcy.

00:34:37.397 --> 00:34:39.054
ANew York Timesstory helped

00:34:39.078 --> 00:34:41.057
the Dorsetts keep their home,

00:34:41.081 --> 00:34:44.781
but life is still a struggle,

00:34:44.805 --> 00:34:46.503
and recently they learned that

00:34:46.527 --> 00:34:48.104
Zachary’s sister has the

00:34:48.128 --> 00:34:51.387
same disease.

00:34:51.411 --> 00:34:52.388
>> I think people need to

00:34:52.412 --> 00:34:55.672
understand that they’re not any

00:34:55.696 --> 00:34:57.514
different than me.

00:34:57.538 --> 00:34:58.715
They’re just one accident away

00:34:58.739 --> 00:35:00.075
from living the same kind of

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:02.519
life that I’m living.

00:35:02.543 --> 00:35:03.239
I think it’s just really

00:35:03.263 --> 00:35:04.400
important that people

00:35:04.424 --> 00:35:05.722
come together.

00:35:05.746 --> 00:35:08.204
We all have a voice, and you

00:35:08.228 --> 00:35:09.766
know, when it comes time to

00:35:09.790 --> 00:35:11.888
where, you know, hopefully, the

00:35:11.912 --> 00:35:13.169
government will talk a lot more

00:35:13.193 --> 00:35:15.091
about universal health care, we

00:35:15.115 --> 00:35:17.117
all need to use our voice.

00:35:19.118 --> 00:35:20.256
[phone ringing]

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:21.377
>> Family practice.

00:35:21.401 --> 00:35:23.339
Lisa.

00:35:23.363 --> 00:35:24.100
>> Steenburgen: Millions of

00:35:24.124 --> 00:35:25.381
other families are at risk as

00:35:25.405 --> 00:35:26.623
America’s health care

00:35:26.647 --> 00:35:28.424
crisis deepens.

00:35:28.448 --> 00:35:30.226
Today medical bills are a

00:35:30.250 --> 00:35:31.868
factor in half of

00:35:31.892 --> 00:35:33.830
all bankruptcies.

00:35:33.854 --> 00:35:35.552
2 million Americans a year are

00:35:35.576 --> 00:35:37.714
affected, 20 times as many as

00:35:37.738 --> 00:35:41.116
in 1980.

00:35:41.140 --> 00:35:42.839
>> Hi, Maureen, how are you?

00:35:42.863 --> 00:35:44.119
>> I’m Fine. Thank you.

00:35:44.143 --> 00:35:45.281
>> Things going well?

00:35:45.305 --> 00:35:46.122
>> Steenburgen: Maureen is one

00:35:46.146 --> 00:35:48.123
of 46 million Americans

00:35:48.147 --> 00:35:50.006
who are uninsured,

00:35:50.030 --> 00:35:52.127
an increase of 6 million

00:35:52.151 --> 00:35:55.130
in the past four years.

00:35:55.154 --> 00:35:55.932
>> If you look at the national

00:35:55.956 --> 00:35:58.535
statistics, patients who have no

00:35:58.559 --> 00:36:00.376
insurance are two to three times

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:01.978
more likely to die when

00:36:02.002 --> 00:36:03.059
hospitalized with the same

00:36:03.083 --> 00:36:04.139
illness as somebody who

00:36:04.163 --> 00:36:05.461
has insurance.

00:36:05.485 --> 00:36:06.422
I mean, it definitely affects

00:36:06.446 --> 00:36:07.343
their health.

00:36:07.367 --> 00:36:09.025
There’s no--there’s study after

00:36:09.049 --> 00:36:09.706
study to show that.

00:36:09.730 --> 00:36:11.908
We know that that’s the case,

00:36:11.932 --> 00:36:14.751
and I see it myself.

00:36:14.775 --> 00:36:18.394
I mean, it haunts you, really.

00:36:18.418 --> 00:36:19.355
>> So this situation is, you’re

00:36:19.379 --> 00:36:20.236
working the full-time at

00:36:20.260 --> 00:36:21.156
day care now?

00:36:21.180 --> 00:36:21.838
>> Yes.

00:36:21.862 --> 00:36:22.679
>> Any chance they’re going to

00:36:22.703 --> 00:36:24.360
give you health insurance?

00:36:24.384 --> 00:36:25.160
>> Not right now.

00:36:25.184 --> 00:36:27.323
They are talking about it.

00:36:27.347 --> 00:36:28.324
>> Steenburgen: 18,000 Americans

00:36:28.348 --> 00:36:30.446
die each year for lack of

00:36:30.470 --> 00:36:31.287
health insurance.

00:36:31.311 --> 00:36:33.570
In many other cases, the cost of

00:36:33.594 --> 00:36:35.331
deductibles puts treatment out

00:36:35.355 --> 00:36:36.492
of reach.

00:36:36.517 --> 00:36:38.334
>> There have been times where

00:36:38.358 --> 00:36:40.056
people have talked me out of

00:36:40.080 --> 00:36:41.538
getting a certain test done or

00:36:41.562 --> 00:36:43.179
doing a certain thing, and

00:36:43.203 --> 00:36:44.180
there’s one case of a patient

00:36:44.204 --> 00:36:46.663
who died because of that, and

00:36:46.687 --> 00:36:48.625
you can’t--you don’t get over

00:36:48.649 --> 00:36:51.508
it, because you realize that you

00:36:51.532 --> 00:36:53.188
should never have listened to

00:36:53.212 --> 00:36:54.350
the patient begging you not to

00:36:54.374 --> 00:36:55.552
send them to the ER.

00:36:55.576 --> 00:36:57.192
Had a good day at school?

00:36:57.216 --> 00:36:58.114
>> Yeah.

00:36:58.138 --> 00:36:59.155
>> Yeah?

00:36:59.179 --> 00:36:59.956
>> Steenburgen: 9 million

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:01.838
American children have no

00:37:01.862 --> 00:37:03.399
health insurance.

00:37:03.423 --> 00:37:04.761
>> Can I listen?

00:37:04.785 --> 00:37:06.082
Are you still ticklish?

00:37:06.106 --> 00:37:06.683
>> [laughs]

00:37:06.707 --> 00:37:07.443
>> Steenburgen: Dr. Deborah

00:37:07.467 --> 00:37:09.325
Richter remembers a patient she

00:37:09.349 --> 00:37:11.287
was too late to save, a young

00:37:11.311 --> 00:37:13.208
man who died of diabetes at the

00:37:13.232 --> 00:37:15.210
age of 21.

00:37:15.234 --> 00:37:16.693
>> And two years later, his

00:37:16.717 --> 00:37:19.656
sister had a baby, and she also

00:37:19.680 --> 00:37:21.578
had diabetes, so the baby was

00:37:21.602 --> 00:37:23.259
born deformed.

00:37:23.283 --> 00:37:24.219
>> Steenburgen: Both the baby

00:37:24.243 --> 00:37:27.222
and the sister also died.

00:37:27.246 --> 00:37:28.585
>> So this mother lost her two

00:37:28.609 --> 00:37:30.066
children and her grandchild

00:37:30.090 --> 00:37:32.428
within two year’s time,

00:37:32.452 --> 00:37:33.309
and it was mostly because they

00:37:33.333 --> 00:37:34.751
went through many periods of

00:37:34.775 --> 00:37:37.113
their lives without insurance.

00:37:37.137 --> 00:37:37.914
>> Steenburgen: During those

00:37:37.938 --> 00:37:39.235
periods, they couldn’t treat the

00:37:39.259 --> 00:37:40.717
diabetes, causing complications

00:37:40.741 --> 00:37:44.240
that eventually killed them.

00:37:44.264 --> 00:37:45.361
>> After you see enough of those

00:37:45.385 --> 00:37:47.644
cases--and I saw so many--you

00:37:47.668 --> 00:37:48.444
can’t help but get involved.

00:37:48.468 --> 00:37:50.567
I mean, there’s really no other

00:37:50.591 --> 00:37:52.088
way but just to remedy

00:37:52.112 --> 00:37:54.050
the system.

00:37:54.074 --> 00:37:54.931
>> Steenburgen: It would be hard

00:37:54.955 --> 00:37:56.292
to argue that the system isn’t

00:37:56.316 --> 00:37:58.895
broken somewhere.

00:37:58.919 --> 00:38:01.057
America spends far more per

00:38:01.081 --> 00:38:02.539
person for health care than any

00:38:02.563 --> 00:38:04.220
other country.

00:38:04.244 --> 00:38:04.821
We should be the

00:38:04.845 --> 00:38:06.261
healthiest country.

00:38:06.285 --> 00:38:07.343
Instead, we’re way down

00:38:07.367 --> 00:38:09.025
the list.

00:38:09.049 --> 00:38:09.866
>> Our outcomes are really

00:38:09.890 --> 00:38:11.266
worse than any other

00:38:11.290 --> 00:38:13.149
industrialized country.

00:38:13.173 --> 00:38:14.110
So if you look at life

00:38:14.134 --> 00:38:17.994
expectancy, maternal mortality,

00:38:18.018 --> 00:38:20.557
if you look at infant mortality,

00:38:20.581 --> 00:38:23.560
if you look at almost any health

00:38:23.584 --> 00:38:26.322
outcome, we rank far below the

00:38:26.346 --> 00:38:28.283
other industrialized nations,

00:38:28.307 --> 00:38:30.807
and in fact, the WHO says that

00:38:30.831 --> 00:38:32.689
the U.S. ranks down with

00:38:32.713 --> 00:38:34.531
countries like Slovakia and

00:38:34.555 --> 00:38:35.932
Costa Rica.

00:38:35.956 --> 00:38:37.734
We don’t rank up with France and

00:38:37.758 --> 00:38:39.936
Japan and Germany, and that’s

00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:42.178
really an outrage.

00:38:42.202 --> 00:38:43.059
>> Steenburgen: One way to start

00:38:43.083 --> 00:38:44.420
catching up and actually save

00:38:44.444 --> 00:38:46.663
money on health care would be to

00:38:46.687 --> 00:38:48.264
fully insure all children

00:38:48.288 --> 00:38:50.867
through a program like Medicare.

00:38:50.891 --> 00:38:53.189
>> It’s fairly inexpensive to

00:38:53.213 --> 00:38:55.872
insure all kids, and the reason

00:38:55.896 --> 00:38:57.193
why is because most kids

00:38:57.217 --> 00:38:57.954
are healthy.

00:38:57.978 --> 00:38:58.835
>> Steenburgen: It would also

00:38:58.859 --> 00:39:01.316
remove one big worry from

00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:04.200
American mothers’ lives.

00:39:04.224 --> 00:39:05.722
Providing paid sick leave would

00:39:05.746 --> 00:39:08.044
remove another.

00:39:08.068 --> 00:39:08.925
>> According to government

00:39:08.949 --> 00:39:10.847
statistics, fewer and fewer

00:39:10.871 --> 00:39:12.809
companies are offering workers

00:39:12.833 --> 00:39:16.331
paid sick days.

00:39:16.355 --> 00:39:17.053
>> male announcer: It is the

00:39:17.077 --> 00:39:18.333
duty of anyone suffering from a

00:39:18.357 --> 00:39:19.736
contagious disease to remain at

00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:21.057
home until the doctor feels it

00:39:21.081 --> 00:39:22.337
is safe for him to go out among

00:39:22.361 --> 00:39:23.299
other people.

00:39:23.323 --> 00:39:24.260
>> Steenburgen: More than half

00:39:24.284 --> 00:39:26.022
of all American workers get no

00:39:26.046 --> 00:39:28.343
paid sick leave, so many go to

00:39:28.367 --> 00:39:31.227
work ill, infecting others.

00:39:31.251 --> 00:39:33.109
>> This is an enormous problem.

00:39:33.133 --> 00:39:34.751
It’s called presenteeism.

00:39:34.775 --> 00:39:36.873
Can you imagine if you go to

00:39:36.897 --> 00:39:38.474
a restaurant and your waitress,

00:39:38.498 --> 00:39:40.957
for example, is really, really

00:39:40.981 --> 00:39:43.880
sick with a bad, bad cold?

00:39:43.904 --> 00:39:45.360
She couldn’t afford to stay home

00:39:45.384 --> 00:39:46.523
because she didn’t have a single

00:39:46.547 --> 00:39:48.124
paid sick day.

00:39:48.148 --> 00:39:49.646
So she comes to work.

00:39:49.670 --> 00:39:51.367
She passes you your burger.

00:39:51.391 --> 00:39:52.809
You get a cold.

00:39:52.833 --> 00:39:54.891
This is a problem.

00:39:54.915 --> 00:39:55.772
>> Steenburgen: Evidence shows

00:39:55.796 --> 00:39:57.372
that children recover faster

00:39:57.396 --> 00:39:58.935
from illnesses when their

00:39:58.959 --> 00:40:00.176
parents are there to care

00:40:00.200 --> 00:40:01.337
for them.

00:40:01.361 --> 00:40:02.377
>> They get better faster from

00:40:02.401 --> 00:40:03.019
chronic diseases.

00:40:03.043 --> 00:40:04.379
Their asthma gets under

00:40:04.403 --> 00:40:05.380
control better, their diabetes,

00:40:05.404 --> 00:40:07.383
their epilepsy, their acute

00:40:07.407 --> 00:40:09.384
injuries or illnesses.

00:40:09.408 --> 00:40:11.067
Their vital signs are better.

00:40:11.091 --> 00:40:12.589
Every measure of heart rate,

00:40:12.613 --> 00:40:13.950
temperature, et cetera gets

00:40:13.974 --> 00:40:16.232
better faster.

00:40:16.256 --> 00:40:16.953
>> Steenburgen: But all too

00:40:16.977 --> 00:40:19.155
often, parents can’t stay home.

00:40:19.179 --> 00:40:20.997
>> I’ve seen quite a few moms

00:40:21.021 --> 00:40:22.799
lose their job because they’ve

00:40:22.823 --> 00:40:24.601
had to take off to be with their

00:40:24.625 --> 00:40:26.402
sick children.

00:40:26.426 --> 00:40:27.323
>> Steenburgen: Almost all

00:40:27.347 --> 00:40:29.365
countries guarantee paid sick

00:40:29.389 --> 00:40:30.967
leave, including time to care

00:40:30.991 --> 00:40:32.889
for sick children.

00:40:32.913 --> 00:40:35.131
Among industrial nations, only

00:40:35.155 --> 00:40:39.696
the United States does not.

00:40:39.720 --> 00:40:41.416
The Healthy Families Act,

00:40:41.440 --> 00:40:42.899
recently introduced in Congress,

00:40:42.923 --> 00:40:45.181
would change that by providing

00:40:45.205 --> 00:40:48.905
paid sick days to all workers.

00:40:48.929 --> 00:40:50.787
>> It’s not rocket science what

00:40:50.811 --> 00:40:51.426
we need to do.

00:40:51.450 --> 00:40:52.949
We need to provide workers with

00:40:52.973 --> 00:40:54.429
paid sick days so they can take

00:40:54.453 --> 00:40:56.152
care of themselves, take care of

00:40:56.176 --> 00:40:57.393
their children, take care

00:40:57.417 --> 00:40:59.419
of elders.

00:41:05.464 --> 00:41:06.883
>> Ladies, I just got an email

00:41:06.907 --> 00:41:08.484
from a mom complaining about her

00:41:08.509 --> 00:41:09.846
little Johnny’s day care.

00:41:09.870 --> 00:41:11.087
[dogs barking]

00:41:11.111 --> 00:41:12.088
Yikes!

00:41:12.112 --> 00:41:13.249
That is rough.

00:41:13.273 --> 00:41:13.850
But you know what?

00:41:13.874 --> 00:41:14.771
My mother never sent me

00:41:14.795 --> 00:41:15.572
anywhere fancy,

00:41:15.596 --> 00:41:17.734
and I turned out fine.

00:41:17.758 --> 00:41:19.616
Oh!

00:41:19.640 --> 00:41:20.617
>> Okay, you ready to go

00:41:20.641 --> 00:41:21.778
bye-bye?

00:41:21.802 --> 00:41:22.659
>> Steenburgen: For the past six

00:41:22.683 --> 00:41:25.021
months, Alfreda Oxley has seen a

00:41:25.045 --> 00:41:28.424
lot of her two sons.

00:41:28.448 --> 00:41:29.105
>> Hi, Mom.

00:41:29.129 --> 00:41:29.706
>> Hi.

00:41:29.730 --> 00:41:30.587
>> Steenburgen: She’s been able

00:41:30.611 --> 00:41:31.748
to pick up 11-year old Assan

00:41:31.772 --> 00:41:33.468
when he gets out of school.

00:41:33.492 --> 00:41:34.469
>> School was fun today.

00:41:34.493 --> 00:41:35.470
>> Steenburgen: And he has been

00:41:35.494 --> 00:41:37.153
a big help to her, especially

00:41:37.177 --> 00:41:40.475
with his younger brother, M’Kai.

00:41:40.499 --> 00:41:41.958
>> Yeah, you’re happy, huh?

00:41:41.982 --> 00:41:43.840
>> Assan really loves M’Kai,

00:41:43.864 --> 00:41:47.724
and M’Kai loves Assan.

00:41:47.748 --> 00:41:48.484
>> Steenburgen: Alfreda has

00:41:48.509 --> 00:41:50.366
always worked full-time, but she

00:41:50.390 --> 00:41:51.367
took time off when M’Kai

00:41:51.391 --> 00:41:52.929
was born.

00:41:52.953 --> 00:41:54.130
She combined odd jobs,

00:41:54.154 --> 00:41:56.052
accumulated leave, and her

00:41:56.076 --> 00:41:58.535
savings to get by.

00:41:58.559 --> 00:41:59.776
>> I didn’t think six weeks was,

00:41:59.800 --> 00:42:00.617
you know, enough time.

00:42:00.641 --> 00:42:02.497
I wanted to bond with my child,

00:42:02.522 --> 00:42:04.500
and I wanted to, you know, to

00:42:04.525 --> 00:42:07.503
get to know him before I shipped

00:42:07.527 --> 00:42:10.146
him off to someone to watch him,

00:42:10.170 --> 00:42:11.147
you know, that he wasn’t

00:42:11.171 --> 00:42:13.149
comfortable with.

00:42:13.173 --> 00:42:13.910
>> Steenburgen: But now, her

00:42:13.934 --> 00:42:15.712
money gone, Alfreda must return

00:42:15.736 --> 00:42:18.194
to work and find affordable

00:42:18.218 --> 00:42:21.517
child care for M’Kai.

00:42:21.541 --> 00:42:23.519
>> I worry a lot, because he’s

00:42:23.543 --> 00:42:24.521
a newborn.

00:42:24.545 --> 00:42:28.284
It’s like, maybe, $600 or

00:42:28.308 --> 00:42:32.048
$700 a month, and it’s like,

00:42:32.072 --> 00:42:35.411
I can’t afford it.

00:42:35.435 --> 00:42:37.133
>> ♪ Come with me. ♪

00:42:37.157 --> 00:42:38.895
♪ It’s a summer night ♪

00:42:38.919 --> 00:42:40.416
♪ so lovely. ♪

00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:41.778
♪ How can you be talking ♪

00:42:41.802 --> 00:42:44.500
♪ of sleeping and dreaming? ♪

00:42:44.525 --> 00:42:45.181
♪ We should be laughing ♪

00:42:45.205 --> 00:42:47.343
♪ and scheming. ♪

00:42:47.367 --> 00:42:48.585
♪ Come along. ♪

00:42:48.609 --> 00:42:50.186
♪ Maybe I will sing you ♪

00:42:50.210 --> 00:42:51.467
♪ a moon song, ♪

00:42:51.491 --> 00:42:52.629
♪ not just any moon. ♪

00:42:52.653 --> 00:42:55.151
♪ It’s a rare moon. ♪

00:42:55.175 --> 00:43:00.877
♪ It’s the banana moon. ♪

00:43:00.901 --> 00:43:02.358
>> Who can raise their hand and

00:43:02.382 --> 00:43:04.560
tell us what month it is?

00:43:04.584 --> 00:43:05.481
Iris.

00:43:05.506 --> 00:43:06.122
>> March.

00:43:06.146 --> 00:43:06.723
>> It’s March.

00:43:06.747 --> 00:43:08.605
Can we all say "March?"

00:43:08.629 --> 00:43:09.526
>> Steenburgen: There’s no

00:43:09.550 --> 00:43:10.566
question that high-quality

00:43:10.590 --> 00:43:12.088
child care can make a big

00:43:12.112 --> 00:43:16.573
difference in children’s lives.

00:43:16.597 --> 00:43:17.694
>> This is just an incredibly

00:43:17.718 --> 00:43:19.415
important time.

00:43:19.439 --> 00:43:22.178
The brain is growing at its

00:43:22.202 --> 00:43:24.460
fastest rate.

00:43:24.484 --> 00:43:26.582
How well a five-year-old is

00:43:26.606 --> 00:43:29.105
prepared for elementary school

00:43:29.129 --> 00:43:31.587
accounts for nearly half of how

00:43:31.611 --> 00:43:33.710
well they do in high school.

00:43:33.734 --> 00:43:34.590
>> Steenburgen: But child care

00:43:34.614 --> 00:43:36.592
like this costs more than $1,000

00:43:36.616 --> 00:43:38.434
a month.

00:43:38.458 --> 00:43:40.156
Even the average cost of child

00:43:40.180 --> 00:43:42.198
care is higher than the tuition

00:43:42.222 --> 00:43:45.401
at a typical state university.

00:43:45.425 --> 00:43:47.003
Despite the cost, few centers

00:43:47.027 --> 00:43:50.606
offer truly high-quality care,

00:43:50.630 --> 00:43:52.408
and some provide care so poor,

00:43:52.432 --> 00:43:53.730
it is actually harmful

00:43:53.754 --> 00:43:56.613
to children.

00:43:56.637 --> 00:43:57.613
>> male announcer: Automation

00:43:57.637 --> 00:43:58.855
enters the nursery in this

00:43:58.879 --> 00:43:59.615
playful prediction

00:43:59.639 --> 00:44:03.700
from Budapest.

00:44:03.724 --> 00:44:05.141
One nurse at a central control

00:44:05.165 --> 00:44:06.663
panel will be able to manage a

00:44:06.687 --> 00:44:08.745
whole brigade of babies, and the

00:44:08.769 --> 00:44:09.666
tykes will spend happily

00:44:09.690 --> 00:44:11.548
antiseptic infancies untouched

00:44:11.572 --> 00:44:13.629
by human hands.

00:44:13.653 --> 00:44:14.430
They’ll even be tucked into

00:44:14.454 --> 00:44:17.834
their cribs by remote control.

00:44:17.858 --> 00:44:18.675
>> Steenburgen: We’re not this

00:44:18.699 --> 00:44:20.541
miserly, not yet.

00:44:22.743 --> 00:44:23.720
[jazzy piano music]

00:44:23.744 --> 00:44:31.752
♪ ♪

00:44:37.677 --> 00:44:39.015
Those few tasks are more vital

00:44:39.039 --> 00:44:40.656
to our future than caring for

00:44:40.680 --> 00:44:41.658
young children--

00:44:41.682 --> 00:44:44.180
>> Well, good morning, Kyra.

00:44:44.204 --> 00:44:44.901
>> Good morning.

00:44:44.925 --> 00:44:45.661
>> Good morning.

00:44:45.685 --> 00:44:47.143
How are you?

00:44:47.167 --> 00:44:47.904
>> Steenburgen: The average

00:44:47.928 --> 00:44:49.385
child-care worker in the United

00:44:49.409 --> 00:44:52.428
States earns only $17,000

00:44:52.452 --> 00:44:54.310
a year.

00:44:54.334 --> 00:44:55.671
Grandma’s House Child Care

00:44:55.695 --> 00:44:57.674
Center has been a daytime home

00:44:57.698 --> 00:44:59.676
for South Chicago children for

00:44:59.700 --> 00:45:00.637
the past ten years.

00:45:00.661 --> 00:45:01.718
>> Good morning.

00:45:01.742 --> 00:45:02.799
How are you this morning?

00:45:02.823 --> 00:45:03.800
>> Steenburgen: Angenita Tanner

00:45:03.824 --> 00:45:05.762
has a degree in early childhood

00:45:05.786 --> 00:45:08.684
education and 22 years of child

00:45:08.708 --> 00:45:10.166
care experience.

00:45:10.190 --> 00:45:12.328
>> ♪ Hello, hello, ♪

00:45:12.352 --> 00:45:14.410
♪ Nyla, Nyla. ♪

00:45:14.434 --> 00:45:15.171
>> Steenburgen: She tries to

00:45:15.195 --> 00:45:15.972
provide a rich learning

00:45:15.996 --> 00:45:17.654
environment for the children

00:45:17.678 --> 00:45:18.655
she serves.

00:45:18.679 --> 00:45:20.697
>> ♪ You can say it again ♪

00:45:20.721 --> 00:45:22.739
♪ or count to ten. ♪

00:45:22.763 --> 00:45:26.503
♪ Hello, hello, hello. ♪

00:45:26.527 --> 00:45:27.463
>> Child-care providers, we’re

00:45:27.487 --> 00:45:28.505
not babysitters.

00:45:28.529 --> 00:45:30.587
We do have creative curriculum

00:45:30.611 --> 00:45:31.908
for our children.

00:45:31.932 --> 00:45:32.709
>> Now, okay, when you go to

00:45:32.733 --> 00:45:33.709
the dentist, what do you have to

00:45:33.733 --> 00:45:34.350
do, Justin?

00:45:34.374 --> 00:45:35.592
>> Look at your teeth.

00:45:35.616 --> 00:45:36.192
>> Okay.

00:45:36.216 --> 00:45:37.433
As a child-care provider, you’re

00:45:37.457 --> 00:45:39.715
not just providing care.

00:45:39.739 --> 00:45:41.558
You are a doctor.

00:45:41.582 --> 00:45:42.718
You’re a nurse.

00:45:42.742 --> 00:45:44.160
You’re a teacher.

00:45:44.184 --> 00:45:45.161
You are a lawyer.

00:45:45.185 --> 00:45:46.603
You’re a psychiatrist.

00:45:46.627 --> 00:45:47.723
You’re a psychologist.

00:45:47.747 --> 00:45:49.725
You’re a dry cleaner.

00:45:49.749 --> 00:45:52.488
I mean, you wear so many hats.

00:45:52.513 --> 00:45:53.369
>> Steenburgen: Angenita tries

00:45:53.393 --> 00:45:55.411
to keep costs down, knowing the

00:45:55.435 --> 00:45:56.732
parents she serves can’t

00:45:56.756 --> 00:45:58.615
pay much.

00:45:58.639 --> 00:45:59.335
>> Now, we’re talking about

00:45:59.359 --> 00:46:00.817
poverty parents.

00:46:00.841 --> 00:46:02.738
In these neighborhoods, they

00:46:02.762 --> 00:46:03.499
can’t go to the

00:46:03.524 --> 00:46:04.901
expensive places.

00:46:04.925 --> 00:46:06.142
Some of them are, like, $300

00:46:06.166 --> 00:46:07.544
a week.

00:46:07.568 --> 00:46:08.625
They can’t afford that.

00:46:08.649 --> 00:46:10.186
Some of them don’t make $300

00:46:10.210 --> 00:46:11.467
a week.

00:46:11.491 --> 00:46:12.228
>> Steenburgen: The state of

00:46:12.252 --> 00:46:13.389
Illinois helps to subsidize

00:46:13.413 --> 00:46:15.471
child care for the poor, but

00:46:15.495 --> 00:46:17.113
Angenita Tanner receives only

00:46:17.137 --> 00:46:21.157
about $20 per child per day.

00:46:21.181 --> 00:46:22.719
Parents are supposed to make

00:46:22.743 --> 00:46:24.440
additional co-payments but often

00:46:24.464 --> 00:46:26.963
cannot afford to.

00:46:26.987 --> 00:46:28.084
>> We don’t get that part,

00:46:28.108 --> 00:46:29.005
because the parents can’t

00:46:29.029 --> 00:46:30.766
provide that.

00:46:30.790 --> 00:46:32.008
They have low-paying jobs, and

00:46:32.032 --> 00:46:33.209
they can’t pay their co-pay.

00:46:33.233 --> 00:46:34.770
I had, like, one parent.

00:46:34.794 --> 00:46:36.212
She just slid down the wall and

00:46:36.236 --> 00:46:36.813
just started crying.

00:46:36.837 --> 00:46:38.615
She said, "You know what?

00:46:38.639 --> 00:46:41.417
I can’t pay for child care."

00:46:41.441 --> 00:46:42.138
>> Steenburgen: Sometimes

00:46:42.162 --> 00:46:43.700
Angenita even takes in children

00:46:43.724 --> 00:46:45.622
without charge when mothers are

00:46:45.646 --> 00:46:47.904
looking for work.

00:46:47.928 --> 00:46:49.666
Many parents bring sick children

00:46:49.690 --> 00:46:50.867
to the center.

00:46:50.891 --> 00:46:53.029
>> Because they have to work.

00:46:53.053 --> 00:46:54.831
Most of them can’t take off.

00:46:54.855 --> 00:46:55.791
They don’t have those days,

00:46:55.815 --> 00:46:57.954
and in one week, you can have

00:46:57.978 --> 00:46:59.996
everybody coughing and sneezing.

00:47:00.020 --> 00:47:02.599
It happens all the time.

00:47:02.623 --> 00:47:03.319
>> Steenburgen: Including

00:47:03.343 --> 00:47:05.001
Angenita.

00:47:05.025 --> 00:47:06.603
>> Who else besides child-care

00:47:06.627 --> 00:47:08.044
providers are at such a high

00:47:08.068 --> 00:47:10.286
risk for getting sick all

00:47:10.310 --> 00:47:12.808
the time?

00:47:12.832 --> 00:47:13.530
>> Steenburgen: But most

00:47:13.554 --> 00:47:15.051
child-care workers can’t even

00:47:15.075 --> 00:47:18.054
afford health insurance.

00:47:18.078 --> 00:47:19.495
Like other providers, Angenita

00:47:19.520 --> 00:47:21.818
has struggled continually to

00:47:21.842 --> 00:47:23.700
turn a modest profit and keep

00:47:23.724 --> 00:47:24.820
her doors open.

00:47:24.844 --> 00:47:26.663
>> Worthy wages, worthy work!

00:47:26.687 --> 00:47:27.864
Worthy wages--

00:47:27.888 --> 00:47:28.824
>> Steenburgen: Throughout the

00:47:28.848 --> 00:47:29.825
United States, child-care

00:47:29.849 --> 00:47:31.748
workers are seeking pay and

00:47:31.772 --> 00:47:33.029
benefits equal to the importance

00:47:33.053 --> 00:47:34.991
of their work.

00:47:35.015 --> 00:47:36.272
In many other countries,

00:47:36.296 --> 00:47:37.994
high-quality child care is

00:47:38.018 --> 00:47:39.796
readily available at minimum

00:47:39.820 --> 00:47:41.837
cost to parents.

00:47:41.861 --> 00:47:42.799
[drum banging]

00:47:42.823 --> 00:47:43.839
>> [speaking native language]

00:47:43.863 --> 00:47:44.801
>> Steenburgen: Providers are

00:47:44.825 --> 00:47:45.762
certified for their professional

00:47:45.786 --> 00:47:48.844
skills and well compensated.

00:47:48.868 --> 00:47:49.845
Something like that almost

00:47:49.869 --> 00:47:52.368
happened in the United States.

00:47:52.392 --> 00:47:53.850
>> We passed a wonderful

00:47:53.874 --> 00:47:54.771
child-care bill

00:47:54.795 --> 00:47:55.972
a few decades ago.

00:47:55.996 --> 00:47:58.054
It was one of the best that’s

00:47:58.078 --> 00:47:58.854
ever been written.

00:47:58.878 --> 00:48:00.376
It passed the U.S. House.

00:48:00.400 --> 00:48:02.258
It passed the Senate.

00:48:02.282 --> 00:48:04.180
It was vetoed by Richard Nixon,

00:48:04.204 --> 00:48:06.222
but we were that close to

00:48:06.246 --> 00:48:07.863
universal child care.

00:48:07.887 --> 00:48:09.506
And there’s no reason that we

00:48:09.530 --> 00:48:11.532
can’t do it again.

00:48:18.458 --> 00:48:19.475
>> Uh, Bev, we’re on.

00:48:19.499 --> 00:48:20.517
>> You don’t pay me [bleep]

00:48:20.541 --> 00:48:21.317
enough for this [bleep].

00:48:21.341 --> 00:48:22.519
I can’t do it all!

00:48:22.543 --> 00:48:23.119
I’ve had it.

00:48:23.143 --> 00:48:23.879
If I have to do another

00:48:23.903 --> 00:48:24.601
stupid show--

00:48:24.625 --> 00:48:26.563
>> Bev, we’ll come too.

00:48:26.587 --> 00:48:29.590
[machine beeping]

00:48:30.591 --> 00:48:31.287
>> Steenburgen: The United

00:48:31.311 --> 00:48:33.209
States is the richest nation on

00:48:33.233 --> 00:48:35.091
Earth, yet among all

00:48:35.115 --> 00:48:36.892
industrial countries, we have

00:48:36.916 --> 00:48:38.575
the highest percentage of

00:48:38.599 --> 00:48:41.217
poor people.

00:48:41.241 --> 00:48:42.898
For the past decade, the minimum

00:48:42.922 --> 00:48:45.902
wage has remained frozen.

00:48:45.926 --> 00:48:47.343
Full-time minimum-wage workers

00:48:47.367 --> 00:48:50.907
remain deeply mired in poverty.

00:48:50.931 --> 00:48:51.907
>> Many people who work

00:48:51.931 --> 00:48:53.510
full-time as minimum-wage

00:48:53.534 --> 00:48:56.553
workers must depend on

00:48:56.577 --> 00:48:58.675
government subsidies in order to

00:48:58.699 --> 00:49:01.157
make ends meet.

00:49:01.181 --> 00:49:02.519
>> Steenburgen: In 1968, the

00:49:02.543 --> 00:49:03.919
minimum wage bought nearly twice

00:49:03.943 --> 00:49:08.004
as much as it buys today.

00:49:08.028 --> 00:49:09.045
If it had kept pace with

00:49:09.069 --> 00:49:11.367
inflation, it would now be $9.00

00:49:11.391 --> 00:49:12.969
an hour.

00:49:12.993 --> 00:49:14.450
Most minimum-wage workers

00:49:14.474 --> 00:49:15.732
are adults.

00:49:15.756 --> 00:49:17.293
The majority are women, many of

00:49:17.317 --> 00:49:20.056
them supporting children.

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>> Raise minimum wage!

00:49:21.961 --> 00:49:24.581
Raise minimum wage!

00:49:24.605 --> 00:49:25.421
>> Steenburgen: Now, however,

00:49:25.445 --> 00:49:27.824
hope may be on the way.

00:49:27.848 --> 00:49:29.425
In several states, citizen

00:49:29.449 --> 00:49:30.947
initiatives have led to

00:49:30.971 --> 00:49:32.948
important increases in the

00:49:32.972 --> 00:49:34.951
minimum wage.

00:49:34.975 --> 00:49:36.952
More than 100 American cities

00:49:36.976 --> 00:49:39.235
have had living-wage campaigns.

00:49:39.259 --> 00:49:40.637
These efforts have met

00:49:40.661 --> 00:49:42.958
powerful opposition.

00:49:42.982 --> 00:49:44.280
>> Employers and the Chamber of

00:49:44.304 --> 00:49:45.562
Commerce will say, "We raise

00:49:45.586 --> 00:49:47.123
minimum wage, it’s only going to

00:49:47.147 --> 00:49:48.765
hurt the people who are at the

00:49:48.789 --> 00:49:50.126
lowest rung of the

00:49:50.150 --> 00:49:51.407
economic strata.

00:49:51.431 --> 00:49:52.008
We’re not going to have

00:49:52.032 --> 00:49:53.209
enough jobs."

00:49:53.233 --> 00:49:54.811
And that just doesn’t seem to be

00:49:54.835 --> 00:49:55.411
the case.

00:49:55.435 --> 00:49:56.773
>> The question is, what is an

00:49:56.797 --> 00:49:58.014
economy for?

00:49:58.038 --> 00:49:59.696
I mean, if an economy isn’t to

00:49:59.720 --> 00:50:02.978
support working parents and to

00:50:03.002 --> 00:50:05.622
support their caregiving and to

00:50:05.646 --> 00:50:07.983
give them free time to take care

00:50:08.007 --> 00:50:09.025
of the other parts of their

00:50:09.049 --> 00:50:10.787
life in terms of participating

00:50:10.811 --> 00:50:12.468
in their communities, being

00:50:12.492 --> 00:50:14.150
active citizens, being stewards

00:50:14.174 --> 00:50:16.992
of the environment, then what

00:50:17.016 --> 00:50:19.996
are we doing this for?

00:50:20.020 --> 00:50:21.718
>> ♪ There is darkness ♪

00:50:21.742 --> 00:50:23.399
♪ in these hills. ♪

00:50:23.423 --> 00:50:26.963
♪ I am not afraid. ♪

00:50:26.987 --> 00:50:28.003
♪ Hope lives in ♪

00:50:28.027 --> 00:50:31.568
♪ these quiet hills. ♪

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>> Steenburgen: Quietly, a

00:50:32.312 --> 00:50:34.811
movement is growing, led by

00:50:34.835 --> 00:50:36.773
people like Kiki Peppard.

00:50:36.797 --> 00:50:38.454
For the past decade, she has

00:50:38.478 --> 00:50:39.055
been trying to end

00:50:39.079 --> 00:50:40.937
discrimination against mothers

00:50:40.961 --> 00:50:43.059
in Pennsylvania.

00:50:43.083 --> 00:50:44.140
>> I still believe that each

00:50:44.164 --> 00:50:46.703
voter makes a difference, and I

00:50:46.727 --> 00:50:47.303
always will.

00:50:47.327 --> 00:50:48.023
I’m going to just keep on

00:50:48.047 --> 00:50:49.105
fighting and fighting

00:50:49.129 --> 00:50:51.628
and fighting, you know, and keep

00:50:51.652 --> 00:50:53.830
on calling and keep on writing.

00:50:53.854 --> 00:50:57.033
It’s got to happen.

00:50:57.057 --> 00:50:57.954
>> Steenburgen: From small

00:50:57.978 --> 00:50:59.516
towns to big cities, the

00:50:59.540 --> 00:51:02.037
movement is taking root.

00:51:02.061 --> 00:51:02.839
>> Policies have to change.

00:51:02.863 --> 00:51:04.400
Employers have to catch on.

00:51:04.424 --> 00:51:05.762
Policy makers have to catch on

00:51:05.786 --> 00:51:08.084
that it’s not okay to have a

00:51:08.108 --> 00:51:09.044
system where people are making

00:51:09.068 --> 00:51:10.086
these choices, where people have

00:51:10.110 --> 00:51:12.609
to choose between putting food

00:51:12.633 --> 00:51:14.490
on the dinner table or being at

00:51:14.515 --> 00:51:16.292
the dinner table.

00:51:16.316 --> 00:51:17.053
>> Steenburgen: In New York,

00:51:17.077 --> 00:51:18.294
young lawyers are joining

00:51:18.318 --> 00:51:19.816
the campaign.

00:51:19.840 --> 00:51:21.177
>> We came together to form a

00:51:21.201 --> 00:51:23.179
Better Balance, because we saw

00:51:23.203 --> 00:51:24.420
there was decades, years of

00:51:24.444 --> 00:51:25.101
research, on

00:51:25.125 --> 00:51:25.982
work-family conflict.

00:51:26.006 --> 00:51:27.023
There’s so much out there

00:51:27.047 --> 00:51:28.384
but very little advocacy.

00:51:28.408 --> 00:51:30.065
>> Title VII.

00:51:30.089 --> 00:51:31.066
>> Steenburgen: They want more

00:51:31.090 --> 00:51:31.708
workplace flexibility,

00:51:31.732 --> 00:51:33.069
especially for

00:51:33.093 --> 00:51:35.672
low-income workers.

00:51:35.696 --> 00:51:36.472
>> It’ll take us a while to get

00:51:36.496 --> 00:51:38.073
it, but I’m confident that we’ll

00:51:38.097 --> 00:51:40.316
succeed, and when we do, that is

00:51:40.340 --> 00:51:41.317
going to have an enormous impact

00:51:41.341 --> 00:51:43.800
on a lot of people’s lives.

00:51:43.824 --> 00:51:44.561
>> Steenburgen: Momentum is

00:51:44.585 --> 00:51:47.082
building state by state, and

00:51:47.106 --> 00:51:49.085
there are federal stirrings too.

00:51:49.109 --> 00:51:51.207
Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey knows

00:51:51.231 --> 00:51:52.809
from experience why America’s

00:51:52.833 --> 00:51:55.692
working families need help.

00:51:55.716 --> 00:51:56.613
>> Actually, I was a working

00:51:56.637 --> 00:51:58.855
mother myself, but I had never

00:51:58.879 --> 00:52:01.497
intended to be a working mother,

00:52:01.522 --> 00:52:03.660
because I grew up in the ’50s,

00:52:03.684 --> 00:52:05.341
andGood Housekeepingmagazine

00:52:05.365 --> 00:52:07.664
was my Bible.

00:52:07.688 --> 00:52:09.986
And my children were one, three,

00:52:10.010 --> 00:52:12.108
and five years old when their

00:52:12.132 --> 00:52:16.111
dad abandoned us, so I went to

00:52:16.135 --> 00:52:17.954
work immediately.

00:52:17.978 --> 00:52:18.755
>> Steenburgen: But at first,

00:52:18.779 --> 00:52:20.557
she earned so little, she had to

00:52:20.581 --> 00:52:21.277
supplement her income

00:52:21.301 --> 00:52:23.680
with welfare.

00:52:23.704 --> 00:52:25.001
Now she has written a bill

00:52:25.025 --> 00:52:27.203
called the Balancing Act, which

00:52:27.227 --> 00:52:30.687
has several dozen sponsors.

00:52:30.711 --> 00:52:33.089
It includes paid family leave,

00:52:33.113 --> 00:52:35.131
benefits for part-time workers,

00:52:35.155 --> 00:52:37.093
support for high-quality child

00:52:37.117 --> 00:52:40.096
care and after-school programs.

00:52:40.120 --> 00:52:42.137
>> When I talk to moms, they

00:52:42.161 --> 00:52:43.780
get it.

00:52:43.804 --> 00:52:44.821
You can just see their eyes

00:52:44.845 --> 00:52:47.463
light up, because they see

00:52:47.487 --> 00:52:50.145
somebody that understands the

00:52:50.169 --> 00:52:52.989
pressures they’re under.

00:52:53.013 --> 00:52:53.790
>> male announcer: Tonight on

00:52:53.814 --> 00:52:57.113
Now:when political strategist

00:52:57.137 --> 00:52:59.154
Frank Luntz speaks, Republicans

00:52:59.178 --> 00:53:02.238
listen and repeat his words.

00:53:02.262 --> 00:53:03.158
>> And I’ll tell you something

00:53:03.182 --> 00:53:03.840
about these women.

00:53:03.864 --> 00:53:04.521
I haven’t done this

00:53:04.545 --> 00:53:05.802
publicly before.

00:53:05.826 --> 00:53:06.723
The number one issue to them

00:53:06.747 --> 00:53:08.163
is not education.

00:53:08.187 --> 00:53:09.005
It’s not health care.

00:53:09.029 --> 00:53:09.606
It’s not budgets.

00:53:09.630 --> 00:53:10.206
It’s not even the war.

00:53:10.230 --> 00:53:11.166
>> What could it be?

00:53:11.190 --> 00:53:13.049
>> The lack of free time.

00:53:13.073 --> 00:53:14.290
The number one thing that

00:53:14.314 --> 00:53:15.572
matters to them is that they

00:53:15.596 --> 00:53:17.172
don’t have the time that they

00:53:17.196 --> 00:53:19.174
want for their job, for their

00:53:19.198 --> 00:53:21.097
kids, for their spouse, for

00:53:21.121 --> 00:53:23.019
themselves, for their friends.

00:53:23.043 --> 00:53:24.460
The issue of time matters to

00:53:24.484 --> 00:53:25.662
them more than anything else

00:53:25.686 --> 00:53:26.262
in life.

00:53:26.286 --> 00:53:27.182
>> Steenburgen: He says that no

00:53:27.206 --> 00:53:28.785
one has proposed what swing

00:53:28.809 --> 00:53:31.027
voters, especially women with

00:53:31.051 --> 00:53:33.349
children, really want.

00:53:33.373 --> 00:53:34.671
>> No one has created an agenda,

00:53:34.695 --> 00:53:36.553
what I would call the "free-time

00:53:36.577 --> 00:53:39.075
agenda," so it’s up for grabs,

00:53:39.099 --> 00:53:40.236
just like these swing

00:53:40.260 --> 00:53:42.198
voters are.

00:53:42.222 --> 00:53:43.198
>> Steenburgen: It’s often said

00:53:43.222 --> 00:53:44.400
that we cannot afford the kind

00:53:44.424 --> 00:53:45.642
of programs that are common

00:53:45.666 --> 00:53:48.203
in Europe.

00:53:48.227 --> 00:53:49.726
But Janet Gornick, who studies

00:53:49.750 --> 00:53:51.848
those programs, says we could

00:53:51.872 --> 00:53:53.770
have the best in the world for

00:53:53.794 --> 00:53:55.210
2% of our gross

00:53:55.234 --> 00:53:57.212
domestic product.

00:53:57.236 --> 00:53:58.213
>> Is that a big number or

00:53:58.237 --> 00:53:59.214
a small number?

00:53:59.238 --> 00:54:00.657
It’s a big number relative to

00:54:00.681 --> 00:54:02.458
the current system, because we

00:54:02.482 --> 00:54:04.219
spend virtually no public money

00:54:04.243 --> 00:54:06.583
on paid family leave and not

00:54:06.607 --> 00:54:07.864
very much on child care.

00:54:07.888 --> 00:54:10.225
But it’s fairly small relative

00:54:10.249 --> 00:54:11.668
to other items in the budget.

00:54:11.692 --> 00:54:13.029
It’s small relative to the Bush

00:54:13.053 --> 00:54:14.751
tax cuts, I might add.

00:54:14.775 --> 00:54:15.552
>> Steenburgen: When Janet

00:54:15.576 --> 00:54:18.233
Gornick talks with Europeans,

00:54:18.257 --> 00:54:19.075
she hears the same questions

00:54:19.099 --> 00:54:22.237
over and over again.

00:54:22.261 --> 00:54:23.039
>> "Why are Americans so hard

00:54:23.063 --> 00:54:23.920
on children?"

00:54:23.944 --> 00:54:24.681
Why is it that American

00:54:24.705 --> 00:54:27.163
families don’t protest?

00:54:27.187 --> 00:54:27.964
Why is is that American

00:54:27.988 --> 00:54:30.046
families are so complacent?

00:54:30.070 --> 00:54:31.246
Why do they accept the overwork

00:54:31.270 --> 00:54:32.247
and the absence of policy?"

00:54:32.271 --> 00:54:32.889
And that’s a very

00:54:32.913 --> 00:54:34.915
tough question.

00:54:40.080 --> 00:54:42.098
>> Whoever represents you in the

00:54:42.122 --> 00:54:43.620
government, let them know how

00:54:43.644 --> 00:54:45.341
important these issues are to

00:54:45.365 --> 00:54:48.024
you and that you

00:54:48.048 --> 00:54:49.265
vote accordingly.

00:54:49.289 --> 00:54:51.266
>> Thank you for voting.

00:54:51.290 --> 00:54:54.791
>> I refuse to accept that

00:54:54.815 --> 00:54:56.072
these fights are partisan

00:54:56.096 --> 00:54:57.874
fights, that it’s Democrats

00:54:57.898 --> 00:54:59.395
versus Republicans.

00:54:59.419 --> 00:55:02.158
>> Until women, men, parents

00:55:02.182 --> 00:55:03.840
start speaking up, you’re not

00:55:03.864 --> 00:55:04.641
going to see either party

00:55:04.665 --> 00:55:05.280
come forward.

00:55:05.304 --> 00:55:07.323
But once you do, once it’s

00:55:07.347 --> 00:55:09.085
ignited, I think you’ll wind up

00:55:09.109 --> 00:55:10.607
with a competition on these

00:55:10.631 --> 00:55:12.633
issues, and the voters will win.

00:55:16.917 --> 00:55:17.654
>> Steenburgen: It’s time to

00:55:17.678 --> 00:55:20.256
take the long view.

00:55:20.280 --> 00:55:21.217
We’re all in this together,

00:55:21.241 --> 00:55:24.299
because we all have mothers.

00:55:24.323 --> 00:55:25.542
Won’t we support their efforts

00:55:25.566 --> 00:55:26.863
to care for their children

00:55:26.887 --> 00:55:28.785
simply because it’s good for our

00:55:28.809 --> 00:55:30.667
country and it’s the right thing

00:55:30.691 --> 00:55:34.070
to do?

00:55:34.094 --> 00:55:35.632
Doesn’t every mother and child

00:55:35.656 --> 00:55:37.273
deserve the best America

00:55:37.297 --> 00:55:40.797
can offer?

00:55:40.821 --> 00:55:42.317
>> All of use want to have time

00:55:42.341 --> 00:55:43.760
with our children.

00:55:43.784 --> 00:55:45.682
We all want to have a life that

00:55:45.706 --> 00:55:48.044
is fulfilled, and we all want to

00:55:48.068 --> 00:55:49.485
have recognition for the

00:55:49.510 --> 00:55:51.407
important work that we do.

00:55:51.431 --> 00:55:53.129
We’re all on the same side here,

00:55:53.153 --> 00:55:54.450
and we’re finally starting to

00:55:54.474 --> 00:55:56.476
work together.

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>> ♪ "M" is for ♪

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♪ maternity leave ♪

00:56:13.774 --> 00:56:17.352
♪ when she made me. ♪

00:56:17.376 --> 00:56:19.354
♪ "O" is for the open, ♪

00:56:19.378 --> 00:56:23.840
♪ flexible work she needs. ♪

00:56:23.864 --> 00:56:26.361
♪ "T" is for the TV ♪

00:56:26.385 --> 00:56:30.366
♪ from which she saves me. ♪

00:56:30.390 --> 00:56:33.009
♪ "H" is for my health care, ♪

00:56:33.033 --> 00:56:37.173
♪ free from greed. ♪

00:56:37.197 --> 00:56:38.094
♪ "E" is ♪

00:56:38.118 --> 00:56:39.696
♪ excellent child care, ♪

00:56:39.720 --> 00:56:44.060
♪ with love-light shining. ♪

00:56:44.084 --> 00:56:46.262
♪ "R" means realistic wages ♪

00:56:46.286 --> 00:56:47.063
♪ at her job ♪

00:56:47.087 --> 00:56:50.867
♪ so she doesn’t need three. ♪

00:56:50.891 --> 00:56:53.349
♪ Put them all together, ♪

00:56:53.373 --> 00:56:57.233
♪ they spell "mother," ♪

00:56:57.257 --> 00:56:59.876
♪ a word that means the world ♪

00:56:59.900 --> 00:57:05.121
♪ to her and me, ♪

00:57:05.145 --> 00:57:12.152
♪ the world to her and me. ♪

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>> male announcer: Funding for

00:57:22.643 --> 00:57:23.419
theMotherhood Manifestowas

00:57:23.443 --> 00:57:24.621
provided by the Service

00:57:24.645 --> 00:57:26.783
Employees International Union,

00:57:26.807 --> 00:57:28.344
Skyline Public Works, the

00:57:28.368 --> 00:57:29.786
Western States Center, and the

00:57:29.810 --> 00:57:31.548
American Federation of State,

00:57:31.572 --> 00:57:34.174
County, and Municipal Employees.

00:58:19.379 --> 00:58:20.877
>> We are at the bottom

00:58:20.901 --> 00:58:22.198
of the totem pole

00:58:22.222 --> 00:58:24.360
in terms of family-leave

00:58:24.384 --> 00:58:26.482
and maternity-leave policies.

00:58:26.507 --> 00:58:27.644
The whole rest of the world

00:58:27.668 --> 00:58:29.726
has us beat.

00:58:29.750 --> 00:58:30.485
>> male announcer: Examine

00:58:30.510 --> 00:58:31.648
what happens to working mothers

00:58:31.672 --> 00:58:32.487
and families

00:58:32.512 --> 00:58:34.170
in the United States.

00:58:34.194 --> 00:58:34.891
>> People have to choose

00:58:34.915 --> 00:58:36.813
between putting food

00:58:36.837 --> 00:58:37.974
on the dinner table

00:58:37.998 --> 00:58:39.335
or being at the dinner table.

00:58:39.359 --> 00:58:40.016
>> announcer: See how

00:58:40.040 --> 00:58:41.297
enlightened employers

00:58:41.321 --> 00:58:42.497
and public policies

00:58:42.522 --> 00:58:43.900
can make America truly

00:58:43.924 --> 00:58:45.926
family friendly.