This illustration is SO good! And, I think we need to be considering all care, including elder and disability care in this messaging and political will. Many of us are dealing with both (or all three) simultaneously, and this is only going to become more common as people have children later and people live longer without enough savings to support eldercare.
Thank you, Anna! and I agree - it's incredibly hard to manage caregiving needs on both ends and I think maybe another graphic story is in order on the sandwich generation dilemma that you mentioned.
I think one of the interesting questions is how to build the political will you write about. For me, this is where the tie to democracy is so key. Looking forward to collaborating on this soon!
I LOVE that idea for a story - how do we change the political will around child care? Maybe some of your democracy fellows could be good ones to interview on this?
This illustration is SO good! And, I think we need to be considering all care, including elder and disability care in this messaging and political will. Many of us are dealing with both (or all three) simultaneously, and this is only going to become more common as people have children later and people live longer without enough savings to support eldercare.
Thank you, Anna! and I agree - it's incredibly hard to manage caregiving needs on both ends and I think maybe another graphic story is in order on the sandwich generation dilemma that you mentioned.
That would be amazing!
I think one of the interesting questions is how to build the political will you write about. For me, this is where the tie to democracy is so key. Looking forward to collaborating on this soon!
I LOVE that idea for a story - how do we change the political will around child care? Maybe some of your democracy fellows could be good ones to interview on this?