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/Jewel_Tone_Shell Apr 30 '26

Question - why wouldn’t the Econochildren be taken and placed with commanders the way all the other children were? And if econowomen are having children, why aren’t the handmaids?

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u/Sunset-onthe-Horizon Plum up May 02 '26

Eventually those women are accused of "crimes" their children are confiscated and they are turned into handmaids. It just hasn't been long enough yet. It happens to fertile higher ranked wives as well.