The Science of Caring: A Conversation With Elissa Strauss

Parenting for the Future

In this Episode you will learn about:

• How care shapes all our lives
• How suffragists and Black feminists made remarkable gains in care through the Social Housekeepers Movement
• Our addiction to independence and how it prevents us from prioritizing care
• Our “careselves” vs. our “workselves”
• America’s bootstrap myth and how it hurts our ability to care
• The ramifications of the blind spot toward care
• How you can join the fight for paid leave and other key facets of a care infrastructure for America