| Sumario: | The writer discusses the globalization of mothering, or how some women have become part of the global care chain—a series of links between people across the world based on the paid or unpaid work of caring. She suggests that a typical chain would involve an older daughter from a poor family in a Third World country caring for her siblings while her mother works as a nanny caring for the children of a woman who migrates to a First World country and in turn cares for the child of a family in a rich country. The number of migrants who leave loved ones behind to care for other people's children or elderly parents is unknown, but what is known is that over half of the legal migrants to the U.S. are women, generally aged between 25 and 34. Migration experts state that the proportion of women among migrants is likely to rise, and this suggests that the trend toward global care chains will continue. The writer explores how the impact of globalization on care might be understood, how global capitalism creates a Third World supply of mothering and a First World demand for it, and how much care is worth.
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