Babies in Boxes - In a Good Way!

Hi Everyone,

My sister Shannon shared with me this wonderful example of a specific practice through which Finland demonstrates its commitment to the development of all the human beings in the country...

"For 75 years, Finland's expectant mothers have been given a box by the state. It's like a starter kit of clothes, sheets and toys that can even be used as a bed. And some say it helped Finland achieve one of the world's lowest infant mortality rates. "  

Read the full article:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22751415

Compare that lovely nationwide practice of care to the perhaps equally long-standing American practice of bashing and blaming working mothers...

case in point, the recent remarks my OTHER sister Erin sent me...

At a live Washington Post event earlier this week, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant (R) said that America is so "mediocre" in educational outcomes because "mom is in the workplace."

The subsequent MomsRising action alert puts it beautifully:

"The problem in our nation isn't that moms are working, it's that our nation isn't working for moms. Statements like this one from Governor Bryant are about passing the buck.  The fact is that we have a modern society, with 3/4 of moms in the labor force, but we're far behind the rest of the world when it comes to systems that allow both contemporary families and businesses to thrive."

Here's a link to the MomsRising petition to demand an apology from Governor Bryant:
http://action.momsrising.org/sign/GovBryant1/?akid=4345.83880.9iU_Ut&rd=1&t=2

Let's keep focusing on a world where we help moms and dads and kids thrive...and enrich our economy to boot!

Keep the faith!

- Sara