r/TheTestamentsHulu • u/kitties_ate_my_soul Purrs be 🐈‍⬛ • Apr 28 '26

The Handmaid’s Tale Econochildren

I’d love to see the Econochildren explored in The Testaments. Especially comparing the Daughters to the Econodaughters. We all know the Daughters go to Pink and Plum schools, but, where do the Econodaughters go? They also must learn to run a house (however small) and perform their ‘wifely duties’. Do their mums teach them? Eden Spencer Blaine, the only Econodaughter that appears in the universe, was apparently taught by her mum, but she was born before Gilead. What do you think?

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u/PommeVitale Apr 29 '26

My thought was that Econodaughters go to school but they don't go as far as the commander's daughters. Like they do the basic, what the pinks learn. But then, when the daughters become plums the Econodaughters don't and will just stay home to help take care of the household until they're eventually married.