An interim summary of the Foundation for the Future conference convened in February 2025 at the House of Lords and Civitas HQ. The conference was an opportunity for the all-too-often-silenced voice of mothers to be heard. It was a chance to explore the valuable role parents play in society when they care for and raise the next generation.

Sponsored by FEFAF, Civitas, Kindred Squared and MAHM, an International conference - Foundation for the Future - is being convened this week at the House of Lords and Civitas HQ. We are raising concerns over the unintended consequences of childcare policies in Finland and Denmark and warning that the UK is heading in a similar direction.

Anne Fennell has just returned from a trip to New York for the UN 68th Commission on the Status of Women. It was her first trip to the UN as President of the European Federation of Parents and Carers at Home whilst also representing MAHM.

This past week, 21st February, the Duchess visited Denmark —reported to have the world’s happiest children — looking to learn from their approach to early childhood.

In one aspect of parenting the Danish are less free than us. We wrote a joint letter MAHM wrote a letter to the Duchess together with our sister organisations in Sweden (Haro) and Denmark (HJEM) and a Danish professor for Early Childhood (Ole Henrik Hansen) to raise the situation, as we understand it, of the challenges faced by mothers wishing to be home.