Last Day Presents: “A Stay-At-Home Mom Breaks the Cycle” (Squeezed Ep 2)

About this episode

The episode features Jessica, a stay-at-home mom, discussing her experiences and challenges while breaking generational cycles.

Hey listeners, we’re back with Episode 2 of Squeezed. This episode features another person who is feeling very Squeezed. Jessica is a stay-at-home mom with three kids under six. She is a former daycare worker who didn’t plan to be a full-time mom, but since money is tight and childcare is expensive, she has no other choice. Jessica fell through the cracks of our system that does not support care workers — but she’s discovered profound meaning in her life as a stay-at-home mom and is using this time to break generational cycles. Squeezed is a Lemonada Media original. Yvette Nicole Brown is the host of this show. Chrystal Genesis is our senior producer. Giulia Hjort, Tess Novotny, and Hannah Boomershine are our producers. Field production by Beth Wallis. Ivan Kuraev is our engineer. Our theme music is by Andi Kristinsdottir, with additional music by APM music. Jackie Danziger is our VP of Narrative Content. Executive producers are Yvette Nicole Brown, Jessica Cordova Kramer, and Stephanie Wittels Wachs. This show was created in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a leading national philanthropy dedicated to taking bold leaps to transform health in our lifetime and…

People in this episode

Host: Yvette Nicole Brown

Guest: Jessica

Topics covered

• stay-at-home mom
• childcare
• generational cycles
• financial struggles
• care workers
• parenting

Keywords

• stay-at-home mom
• childcare costs
• financial struggles
• parenting
• generational cycles
• care workers
• Lemonada Media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lemonada Media, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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