In the article, Many struggle despite working multiple jobs, a story was told of the woman who is raising a second generation of children and working two jobs at the same time. This hard work is done in order for her to build her dream house on a piece of property that she purchased. Once bills are paid and groceries are bought, every last dime goes to the land. Not only money goes to her property, free time is spent there as well. This tendency for people to work multiple jobs in order to provide for their family is very common.
Every person wants to live the American dream.
People are drawn to the vision of living in a house with a picket fence with two parents still married. In these changing times, the American dream is slowly diminishing. Very rarely is there a household that lives like Cleaver s of Leave it to Beaver. Both parents are forced to work. In most cases, both parents are forced to work because jobs pay too little to support a family of four.