Sociology
Single Parenting and the Redistribution of Care in Transnational Families
Quick fact
In transnational families, care is not abandoned but redistributed along kinship networks, often placing the heaviest load on single mothers who become 'satellite' caregivers—coordinating and financing care from afar.
Why this is interesting
Imagine a mother who leaves her child in the Philippines to work as a nanny in Hong Kong. Who tucks that child in at night? And how does the child's care get reorganized across oceans and time zones?