Although, bottle-feeding mothers could feed their baby at any time, I had to calculate how long my baby could go before the next feeding and make a beeline for the ladies room that I knew had a place to sit and nurse. I had to curtail my outings, because my baby often swallowed a lot of air in nursing, would burp a little later and be hungry again. I would not know for sure that she was done without waiting awhile. One of many areas where mothers need political allies is for breast-feeding rights. Support for home schooling is another kind of political alliance that can be offered.
Many mothers feel that the public school is unsafe and inappropriate for their particular child.
Home schooling is a solution for many of these mothers, but school authorities often have to be pushed to behave reasonably toward mothers who make this choice. Mothers can speak up when they find threats to their children, but they need others who are not busy with children to join them in making the world safer and healthier for children. Nothing will affect the future quality of life more than the quality of mothering our children receive. It is in everyone's interest to be an ally to mothers.