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Promises I Can Keep
Kathryn Edin、Maria Kefalas · 初版 2005 年
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Millie Acevedo在不到16岁时就生下了第一个孩子，并从高中退学照料新生儿。如今27岁的她是三个孩子的单身母亲，在费城最贫困的街区之一抚养子女。如果当初她推迟生育并先与孩子的父亲结婚，她和孩子们的生活会不会更好？为什么像Millie这样众多的美国贫困青年，在经济上尚无力抚养孩子时就早早生育？在长达五年的时间里，社会学家Kathryn Edin与Maria Kefalas对162位像Millie这样的低收入单身母亲进行了深入访谈，以探寻背后的原因
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……但大部分还是少数人的偏好。下面这段引言生动反映了爱尔兰无业阶级、住公屋或申请公屋的人的真实处境。从我读过的《Promises I Can Keep》以及 Charles Murray 的《Coming Apart》来看，这跟美国无业阶层的情况非常接近，而且没上过大学的工薪阶层也有这个趋势。== 我才不管你是不是跟你的另一半……
…but they're mostly a minority pursuit. The below quotation gives a flavour of what it's like for the Irish non working class, living in or applying for social housing. From what I've read of the book Promises I Can Keep and Charles Murray's Coming Apart it's pretty close to the situation in the US non working class, with the no college working class trending that way. == I don’t care if you break up with your significant…
……问题。事实证明，很多女性非常乐意跟这些男人生孩子。伴随着单身男性家庭的增加，我们也观察到从未结婚、独自抚养孩子的单身女性数量也在增长。想了解这方面现实的社会学视角，可以参考例如《Promises I Can Keep》（https://www.amazon.com/Promises-Can-Keep-Motherhood-Marriage...）和《Doing the Best I Can》（https://www.amazon.com/Doing-Best-Can-Fatherhood-Inner/dp/05...）……
…question. As it turns out, lots of women will readily have kids with those men. Along with the growth of single-man household, we observe growth of single never married women with children. See for example "Promises I Can Keep" (https://www.amazon.com/Promises-Can-Keep-Motherhood-Marriage...) and "Doing the Best I Can" (https://www.amazon.com/Doing-Best-Can-Fatherhood-Inner/dp/05...) for some sociological view of realities…
> 据我了解，成为母亲既是地位的象征，也是一种成年礼。《Promises I Can Keep》是一本讲这个话题的好书。
> From what I understood motherhood is a status symbol, also a right of passage. _Promises I Can Keep_ is a good book on this topic.