Stay-at-home parents bond through newsletter

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Published: January 12, 1995

SASKATOON (Staff) – To conquer her own loneliness, a Manitoba woman has started a newsletter for stay-at-home mothers.

Reena Nerbas said her first newsletter will be out in February. She published a sample last month and received about a hundred letters in response. The letters show women who are at home raising their children are lonely, bored or misunderstood.

“Their self-esteem is dropping. They feel people think they do nothing all day. … It’s hard to describe but you are busy all day.”

Nerbas graduated as a home economist in 1991 but now that her son is born she has chosen to stay home and raise him. However, comments from friends and family implied she wasn’t doing anything. In response, she started her newsletter for others in a position like hers. She’s also had letters from women who work part time and stay-at-home dads.

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Her publication will come out six times a year and carry articles about peoples’ personal situations, tips about parenting and healthy families and recipe and craft ideas.

Subscriptions sell for $10.95. Contact: Peanut Butter Publishing, Box 404, 1631 St. Mary’s Road, Winnipeg, Man., R2N 3X9.

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Diane Rogers

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