Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review Volume 29 Number 1 The Fourth Annual Fritz B. Burns Lecture—Central Bank: The Methodology, The Article 12 Message, and the Future 11-1-1995 Childless Mothers?—The New Catch-22: You Can't Have Your Kids and Work for Them Too Cheri L. Wood Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/llr Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Cheri L. Wood, Childless Mothers?—The New Catch-22: You Can't Have Your Kids and Work for Them Too, 29 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 383 (1995). Available at: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/llr/vol29/iss1/12 This Notes and Comments is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Reviews at Digital Commons @ Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School. It has been accepted for inclusion in Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. CHILDLESS MOTHERS?-THE NEW CATCH-22: YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR KIDS AND WORK FOR THEM TOO Solomon's wisdom, after all, lay in the fact that he did not divide the child.' I. INTRODUCTION Are mothers being forced to choose between keeping a good job and living with their children? What happens when Mom forgoes the job? Who pays for food, clothing, medical care, education, and other ever-increasing expenses? Does child support, if ordered and col- lected,2 cover such expenses?3 If Mom works outside the home, does this make her a less-than-suitable person to continue raising her children when Dad can provide an in-home mother substitute? 1.