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Sociology

Single Parenting and the Redistribution of Care in Transnational Families

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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?