Burger King Moms

[Fear]

Giving 'Burger King Moms' a Voice
By Jim Wallis
Friday, June 4, 2004


She was working the drive-through window at 4 in the afternoon. But whenever there was a lull between orders, the young woman returned to a table in the corner of the local Burger King. Three kids were sitting there, with schoolbooks, papers and pencils all spread out, doing their homework. And Mom was helping as best she could while keeping straight the orders for Whoppers, fries and chicken nuggets. Given her low wages, this single mother was no doubt balancing more than fast food and homework; she was also deciding between paying the rent, going to the doctor and getting prescriptions when somebody gets sick -- or worrying about winter boots for her kids. I call her "Burger King Mom."

<snip> read full article here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14272-2004Jun3.html

- nicely done I thought

[silverweb]

1. You beat me to it.

A wonderful article and very important!