Celebrate with us!


May 7, 2024

Dear Reader,

We did it!

Our new article is posted:

This was a major effort—many hours of planning and writing and editing—done in celebration of our 40th Anniversary.

In celebration of our Wikipedia article, we're hosting an informal chat on Friday, May 10 at noon (Eastern)—please join us!

Some of our Board members will join us, including Willow Duttge Tepper, who led the Wikipedia writing project. We'll share some of the early feedback about our Stay-at-Home Mother article from people and organizations around the world.

Someone has already made a few edits to the Wikipedia page. We'll look closely at those edits and talk about them on Friday. Our original text can be read on our website: Wikipedia article on Stay-at-Home Mother.

If there's time, we'll talk a bit about how our work has changed—and how it hasn't—in the 40 years since three at-home mothers founded our organization. We'll tell you a bit about ourselves, and we'd like to hear from you.

If you haven't already, you can find us on social media. If you can share any of our posts, that would be a great help!

Hope you can join us on Friday!

Cathy Myers

cmyers@familyandhome.org

P.S. In coming weeks we'll be focusing on conversations and getting to know members in our online community. It would be great to see you there! Family and Home Community.


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National nonprofit organization offering affirmation, information and advocacy to parents, with a focus on at-home parents and those who spend (or want to spend) generous amounts of time with their children. Advocating for Inclusive Family Policies.

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