When the nonprofit organisation, Family and Home Network (FAHN), realised that Wikipedia's Stay-at-Home Mother page redirects to ‘Housewife’, they launched a writing project to set the record straight. They cite the work of our sister-organisation, FEFFAF in their article.

Anne Fennell has just returned from a trip to New York for the UN 68th Commission on the Status of Women. It was her first trip to the UN as President of the European Federation of Parents and Carers at Home whilst also representing MAHM.

This is our last chance before the Spring budget to put pressure on the Chancellor to make Child Benefit fairer. Please write to your MP now to add your voice to the increasing pressure on the Chancellor to rectify this unjust tax charge.

We are delighted to announce that our research director Dr Maria Lyons has had her report published by independent think tank Civitas. Maria has reviewed 40 academic studies on universal childcare and finds a worrying lack of evidence on its supposed benefits. Universal childcare is frequently claimed to give every child the ‘best start in life’ but is this really the case?

Don’t miss out on the annual Mothers At Home Matter conference! It’s both in-person and online this year. With talks by Kate Silverton and Liz Yeboah, you don’t want to miss out! Book your ticket now.

We need your stories! Struggling families who have a parent at home caring for their children also need help. A fairer tax system which recognises the household income rather than individual income with tax breaks would go a long way to supporting such families. This affects so many hard working families — please help us share your story.

Had enough of being called ‘economically inactive’? It is time to find our voice and speak up for the value of care. Raising children and taking care of our elderly are not 'barriers to work’ or ‘burdens'. It is the most important work and the duty of every good society to take care of its most vulnerable members.

Thank you for all your support during 2022 — we couldn’t make a noise without you!

Mothers at Home Matter welcome the news that Liz Truss and her education minister, Kit Malthouse, are exploring widening the options for childcare, freeing parents to spend on childcare as they see fit. We remind Liz Truss of her pledge to remove the penalties for parents staying at home to care for their children and implore her and Kit Malthouse that this cash should also be accessible for parents caring at home.

With gratitude to our monarch, Elizabeth II.

‘A single earner household family in the UK pays 85 per cent more tax than a comparable French family, twice as much as a comparable US family, and eleven times more than a comparable German family,’ writes Danny Kruger MP. Will Liz Truss make ‘a grand commitment to put families at the heart of the domestic agenda?’

Our response to the article in The Telegraph on 11th July 2022 ‘Broken Britain in Childcare Crisis’. Anne Fennell argues that it only demonstrated half of the story about care for our children.

The Sunday Times printed an article on 5th June 2022 stating that some women were struggling to afford to go back to work after having children. It used the term ‘economically inactive.’ This is Anne Fennell’s letter to the editor in response.

Our press release in response to the dialogue surrounding The Sunday Times’ article on 5th June 2022 which stated that some women were struggling to afford to go back to work after having children.

This past week, 21st February, the Duchess visited Denmark —reported to have the world’s happiest children — looking to learn from their approach to early childhood.

In one aspect of parenting the Danish are less free than us. We wrote a joint letter MAHM wrote a letter to the Duchess together with our sister organisations in Sweden (Haro) and Denmark (HJEM) and a Danish professor for Early Childhood (Ole Henrik Hansen) to raise the situation, as we understand it, of the challenges faced by mothers wishing to be home.

Calling all members…a chance to push for change. MPs want your views! Politics is led by public opinion and one of the key steps forward is to show there is an appetite for change. Miriam Cates MP and Danny Kruger MP would like to hear the views of our members and friends. Family policy and the unfairness in the taxation system is something that they are particularly concerned about. Add your voice!

The University of Edinburgh and the Butterfly Baby Clinic are investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on parent-infant wellbeing and early year’s professionals in the UK and piloting a new nature-based mindfulness meditation wellbeing tool as part of their study.

Choosing to stay at home when your children are small should not be a privilege that only the rich can afford and should not be seen as an inferior or second best. On International Women’s Day, Miriam Cates MP reminded the House of Commons of the inequality of choice that many mothers face. For progress to continue we must enable women to have a genuine choice to spend more time at home if they want to including reforming our tax system to recognise family responsibilities.

Studies have found that social singing groups increase mothers’ confidence, reduce feeling of isolation and help bonding with their babies. Here, we introduce a ground-breaking singing service , Melodies for Mums, which can help you gain these benefits.

Booking for our annual conference is now open!

For too long mothers have doubted their self worth in making the choice to stay at home to raise their children. Find out why the role is so important especially now. Discover why mothers are forced to work sooner than is best either for themselves or their children.