Listen to Your (and All) Mothers: How to Create Family-Inclusive...
summary
Runs a Chicago program creating beginning coding workshops for mothers and daughters teaching HTML CSS and JavaScript, and reports that bringing kids works better for many than one-size-fits-all on-site childcare. Describes building “Coding Cupcakes” style events where mothers learn alongside kids, proposes stipends or explicit welcome policies instead of assuming childcare, shows kids presenting in sessions, and argues this materially increases access for caregivers who are otherwise erased.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:53Coding Cupcakes program
- 7:02Inclusivity gaps for parents
- 9:09Missed opportunities for families
- 12:16Practical solutions
- 19:58Rethinking family in tech
- 25:13Call to action
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