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Introducing the Family and Home Network
Family and Home Network was originally named Mothers at Home at its founding in 1984; we changed the name in 2001 to acknowledge the complexities of mothers' lives, to discourage labeling mothers by their work/home choices -- and to acknowledge and embrace fathers. Thinking about families and public policy has been part of FAHN's work for decades and it is our current focus.
Puzzling out the Spanish words on a poster in the town square, I was a bit started when I detected her behind me. I was carrying my five month old in a backpack, and the old woman held his foot in her hand as she spoke with a dramatic, pitying tone in Spanish, “Poor little one, with your cold feet.” Whoa, I thought, as I smiled uneasily and moved away-- what is this all about? It was 85 degrees and sunny. Duh. I finally realized this was just another of my mothering practices that seemed so odd (i.e. wrong) to the residents of this city in central Mexico. Almost every baby I saw was wrapped head to foot and carried by their mom in a reboza (a cloth wrap). There were few strollers to be seen, and it seemed that middle class babies stayed home with a maid/nanny when their moms went out.
