‘I ask why they don’t have any energy, and they say they haven’t had enough to eat,’ Jackson said. ‘Then I talk to their mothers and they tell me there’s no food in the house. It breaks my heart every day,’ says program director Rita Jackson.”Washington Post 1 in 4 children in our nation are [...]
As a new mom, I quickly learned what a cry of hunger sounds like. I was amazed by how quickly that cry drove me to action — no mom can ignore that sound. Unfortunately, in today’s economy, more and more families don’t have the resources to answer those cries. In fact, a recent USDA study [...]
Almost every parent has a story about trying to find childcare or the mad dash to pick your child up on time. But this one really takes the cake: Sgt. Kimberly D. Munley, mother of two, and a first responder at the scene of the shooting at Fort Hood last week, was shot three times [...]
Imagine what it’d be like to get up early each morning, apply to every job opening possible, not get any responses, care for a two-year-old daughter, and know that your last unemployment check will come on the 31st of this month. Your very last check. That’s Rebecca’s story.
In August more than 32,000 MomsRising members and sent a letter to the CEO of Kraft asking her to keep harmful chemicals out of Mac and Cheese. Here’s the main point of the letter: I applaud the decision you made to remove synthetic growth hormones, artificial colorings like yellow #5, and chemical sweeteners like aspartame [...]
In a moment of maternal defeat, I decided that my son’s future wife will just have to deal with his attachment to pacifiers. Yes, we all have our early challenges. And some, like affordable quality preschool and childcare, are bigger than others.
So, it’s music to my ears that Congress just introduced the new Early Learning Challenge Fund to Address some key early learning challenges.
This article is cross posted with permission from NC Policy Watch blog. by Louisa Warren Today, hundreds of MomsRising.org members delivered a message to state legislators: give kids and families a fair shake in their budget negotiations. That means preserving investments in programs like Smart Start and NC Health Choice, which ensure that young children [...]
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