"I think we should ban ATMs, online banking, and direct deposit so I can get work as a bank teller" said no one ever. (Well, maybe someone when these were new.)
Displaced workers need support to ensure they can weather these transitions, but it doesn't make sense to artificially create demand by fighting new conveniences. If we want to ensure people have money, the solution is to give them money, not give them money in exchange for busywork.
Are single mom's a special class we should treat differently from others? You have single fathers.. childless couples, singles, parents with kids who have a disability, healthcare workers, transgendered singles, frail elders, mute single males..
Displaced workers need support to ensure they can weather these transitions, but it doesn't make sense to artificially create demand by fighting new conveniences. If we want to ensure people have money, the solution is to give them money, not give them money in exchange for busywork.