Children are a commodity. It used to be kids were. Period. They went to public school, they needed clothes and food. Wasn't always easy to provide, but needs were simple.

Now, you are expected to push yourself to the financial limit to provide a house in a good public school district or private school, after school care, activities and technologies.

Alone? On one income? Seems like the deck would be stacked against anyone, but especially against women because we tend to concede more to social pressures.