Just A Mother
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2y ago
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’. On International Women’s Day, I found myself adrift. After getting the children ready, dropping them to school, attending my eldest son’s first school Mass post-covid, then scurrying around completing a number of jobs whilst my youngest two sons were in nursery for a ..read more
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La Leche League
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2y ago
Harriet Rudd, Mothers At Home Matter Member and breastfeeding counsellor (LLL Volunteer Leader) with La Leche League explains what the breastfeeding support organisation does to promote healthy babies and mothers. Many mothers have heard of La Leche League (LLL). Some have benefited from their support and others may not be entirely sure of what they do. In my opinion, the two organisations have one great thing in common: valuing mothers and their role within the family and wider society. Both LLL and Mothers At Home appreciate their presence as vital for the wellbeing of their children and re ..read more
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Taxation of Families
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2y ago
Anne Fennell and Marie Peacock campaigning at the House of Lords with Tax and the Family. A new report by CARE and Tax & the Family compares the direct tax burden, income tax rates and effective marginal tax rates of various households in the UK with similar households in other countries in 2018. It shows yet again that households with children continue to bear a heavier share of the income tax burden than they do in other countries and many face much higher marginal rates. Families with incomes below the poverty line can be paying large amounts of income tax. The report argues that incom ..read more
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‘Simplicity Parenting’ book review
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by Mothers at Home Matter
2y ago
Simplicity Parenting: Using the power of less to raise happy, secure children Kim John Payne, Hawthorn Press, ISBN 9781912480036 In his book Simplicity Parenting Kim John Payne argues that the wealthy industrialised West is an increasingly hostile place for children and young people, albeit in far subtler ways than in other parts of the world. Building on his work with children in Asian refugee camps, Payne describes how youngsters in the United States and United Kingdom are showing signs of a ‘cumulative stress reaction’ to immersion in the ‘media rich, multi-tasking, complex, information ov ..read more
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Why I Stayed Home
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2y ago
Mother and solicitor, Claire Kenney, explains her decision to stay at home for her children. I have a confession to make; I’m a SAHM by choice! Not due to childcare costs or because I’m not ambitious, which political parties seem to think are the only possible reasons. It’s for the simple reason that I want to be the one who looks after my child on a daily basis. To be able to take her and pick her up from school nursery and be able to go to the library or park or farm afterwards so she can enjoy her childhood and we can spend time together. I’m an older mum, I was 35 when my daughter was bo ..read more
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‘Toxic Childhood’ book review
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by Mothers at Home Matter
2y ago
My response as I devoured Toxic Childhood [by Sue Palmer] in record time alternated between ‘oh dear’ and ‘phew’. The ‘oh dears’ were related to the many challenges facing children and their parents in the world we are unwittingly creating today. The ‘phews’ were that many of the solutions suggested are much easier to carry out when there is a parent around for the children a lot of the time, which I am. There is some good news in this book. There are fewer TVs in childrens’ bedrooms than when the first edition was published in 2006. The bad news is that this is because of the increase in hand ..read more
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Volunteer Life
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by Mothers at Home Matter
2y ago
Imogen Thompson writes about the ups and downs of her time as a MAHM volunteer media spokesperson. I was planning a celebration for our 10th wedding anniversary. In the busy lead up to the party, and as a result of my MAHM membership, I was approached to be interviewed for a regional news programme about the married couple’s Transferable Tax Allowance and what it might mean to me as a stay at home parent. After the interview was over, I bundled my two year old daughter into her pushchair and rushed off to the school sports day, never realising that was just the beginning… I’ve now been on th ..read more
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Lighting up young brains
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by Mothers at Home Matter
2y ago
According to Professor Torsten Baldeweg, Professor of Neuroscience and Child Health, from University College London’s Institute of Child health, the early years ‘are absolutely critical’.  The report in which he is quoted [Lighting up Young Brains] also identifies 130,000 children a year who are ‘falling behind’, particularly in speech and language. No one seems to be making the connection between the fact that mothers are expected to work rather than spend time with their children and that these 130,000 children most likely are not the children of stay at home parents, but of working par ..read more
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