We focus on children's needs for warm, nurturing relationships with their parents -- and on parents' experiences and feelings as they take the time to meet their children's needs.
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Transitions big and small - June 2024 newsletter
What feelings do you experience in the midst of a transition (big or small)? How can play help?
Campaign for Inclusive Family Policies
First introduced in 2003, the Campaign for Inclusive Family Policies aims to establish this fundamental principle: family policy must equitably include all fam
Wikipedia article on Stay-at-Home Mother
Family and Home Network discovered that the Wikipedia page for “Stay at Home Mother” redirected to “Housewife” and set out to change it.
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How do we live together?
Micah L. Sifry brings help and hope in his Substack The Connector, writing about a grassroots organization of people, Jewish, Palestinian and Arab, who have been working together for years to build a shared future: Standing Together.
Family Policies for ALL
The pandemic exposed our essential need for caregiving; ignoring or misrepresenting its lessons would be a grave mistake. We need inclusive family policies.
Federal legislation - $$ for unpaid caregivers
Family and Home Network has long advocated for policies that recognize and compensate unpaid caregiving. We have endorsed a Congressional bill that would relieve the financial stress on our nation's most vulnerable families - and increase parents' choices about how to provide care for their children. Easing the financial stress on families is a very powerful way to help parents and children!
Stress & Resilience - Watch & Discuss Together
With a focus on the current COVID-19 pandemic, trauma expert Dr. Bruce D. Perry has made a series of short (20 min) videos. He explains stress, distress and how the pattern of stress can determine whether stress is destructive (sensitizing) or positive (resilience building).