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Benefits of Being There

Facts, Stats and Support from Family and Home Network

Beyond the Child Care Debate NEW

The Critical Importance of Parental Nurturing NEW

Nationally renowned doctors spell out the irreducible needs of children

Short and Long-term Benefits of At-home Parenting

Pre to Three: Policy Implications of Child Brain Development

Heartening Messages From Professionals

No Apology Needed:  At-Home Mothers Happy to Be There

 

Featured Articles

Online articles featured from our monthly magazine, Welcome Home, offering personal accounts and interviews with child psychologists about the benefits of being there. Excerpts are provided below.

Dr. Brenda Hunter on the Power of Mother Love by Heidi L. Brennan

"In 1991, when Home by Choice was published, there was more of a cultural debate about daycare, and the media was more interested in hearing about the possibilities of being at home. Home by Choice was both polemical and practical--I gave lots of practical ideas for how to stay home since I had at one time been a divorced mother of two toddlers and started a home business so that I would not have to leave them. Since that time, I have observed a cultural evolution in the discussion." Full Article

An Interview with Dr. Isabelle Fox by Laura Jones

"After years of working with scores and scores of families, it became apparent that improving the quality of parenting, as well as increasing the quantity of time parents spent with their children, impacted the behavior of children immensely. My experience indicated that in most cases, private counseling as well as group participation was beneficial to both parents and their children." Full Article

A Family Place by Julie Anne Staub

"Each day we’d hold our five-month-old daughter up to the window to see the 'birdies.' She squealed with delight when they began to 'cheep, cheep' a hello to her. Somehow they became a part of our new family, too." Full Article

The Unsung hereos: What about Dads? by Pauline A. Connole

"On our first "date" after our twin daughters were born, my husband and I went to see the movie Toy Story.  We enjoyed it, but afterward my husband asked, "Where was the dad?"  At first, it seemed petty to criticize an entertaining family movie because of one small point.  The more I thought about it, however, the more glaring an omission it seemed.  Not only was dad not around, he wasn't even mentioned -- despite the fact that there was a baby in the family, so dad couldn't have been that long gone.  It was as if the presence -- or absence -- of a father is a minor detail, not even requiring an explanation." Full Article

Books

When you order these or any books from Amazon.com via our web site, the price will be the same as if you ordered directly from Amazon, and MAH will receive a small portion of the profit.

Read our Review of T. Berry Brazelton and Stanley I. Greenspan's latest book: The Irreducible Needs of Children:  What Every Child Must Have to Grow, Learn and Flourish

Being There:  The Benefits of a Stay-at-Home Parent by Isabelle Fox, Ph.D. with Norman M. Lobsenz  (Barron's, 1996)

Come Home to Your Children by Frank and Ayesha Jones

See Books to Look For and Links to other web sites for additional resources for parents transitioning from full-time employment to full-time parenting.

Books and "Best of" Collections Published by Mothers At Home

Discovering Motherhood

Motherhood: Journey into Love

Essence of At-Home Mothering. Here find collections of articles (for purchase - as low as $2) addressing the challenges and rewards of choosing home.