The phrase "welfare mothers" refers to women who rely on government assistance or welfare programs to support themselves and their children financially. Full definition
Similarly, welfare mothers who habitually run low on food during the last week of the month would have to be reported to the authorities for child neglect. (religion-online.org)
But when poor women, without access to first - rate child care, choose to stay home with their babies, we tend to call them lazy welfare mothers. (edition.cnn.com)
As author Michael Harrington observes, they cost about twice as much as what we give welfare mothers. (religion-online.org)