Mothers At Home Matter Conference 2023
The 2023 MAHM hybrid annual conference was highly successful with nearly 170 tickets sold, both to attend in-person and online – the most so far for any MAHM conference. Sally Greenhill reports back on the day.
What do we do all day?
On International Women’s Day 2023, Roxana Tigelaar — our new editor of our biannual, printed newsletter — lists things that a stay-at-home-mum does during all that ‘free’ time she has when not ‘barefoot in the kitchen’! She shares this long list with us here.
‘Chicken Little, the Sky Isn’t Falling’ book review
Maria Lyons reviews Erica Komisar’s new book, Chicken Little, The Sky isn’t Falling.
Catherine’s Case Study
We are looking for case studies to show just how hard it is for families and to highlight the challenges faced by those wanting to care at home. Catherine, one of our members, has kindly put forward her story in the hope that by changing how we support families other mothers will not have to suffer in the same way.
Just A Mother
International Women’s Day is supposed to celebrate the movement for women’s rights yet Roisin Harkin, felt somewhat flat on March 8th this year. First published in our bi-annual, printed newsletter, here she explores what being a ‘stay-at-home mum’ can feel like in a society in which we’ve been promised that we ‘can have it all’.
Tax Reforms Needed
Reform of the tax system is needed to help ‘hard-working families’, writes Mothers At Home Matter’s chair, Anne Fennell. Families are struggling. They face an unprecedented rise in fuel and energy costs in the realm of £2k a year but do not have the means of meeting this. Many of the problems families face arise from a tax system which far from helping them does not even recognise them and whilst it elevates the individual it creates the problems which will see families pushed further into poverty.
La Leche League
MAHM Member and breastfeeding support volunteer, Harriet Rudd, writes about the benefits of La Leche League and the support and information they offer to mothers.
Vulnerability & Care
“We all know of people who have been anxious and afraid because of the pandemic,” says Antonio Argandoña, “and we know from experience that we can be vulnerable and can suffer from harm or pain and be physically or emotionally damaged.“ The Emeritus Professor of Economics and Business Ethics at IESE Business School, Director at Home Renaissance Foundation and author, explains the importance of care at home.
Back to School
Judith Suckling left her career in television production when she had her first child. Now her two children are back at school, she writes about what she now does to fill her time in-between school runs.