I gained further inspiration for my vision of starting a Day Village this past September while apprenticing at Khalsa Childcare in Leverett, Massachusetts with my baby with me the whole time! I spent two inspiring weeks under the leadership of Amar Fuller at her family childcare center that is especially unique in two ways. It is a place in which conscious communication is practiced and lived out consistently – very honorable! And all the children consume ORGANIC RAW VEGAN cuisine! There is definitely something special about watching toddlers and young kids LOVING to eat VEGETABLES!!! Amar has successfully created a social environment where eating raw food is the norm, and so the children being social by nature all eventually "learn to like" the food and even love it!
Being present in Amar's beautiful community confirmed for me the importance of having my son grow up with other children who are being raised raw. I also personally felt the love and support of being surrounded by other women all day. It was the closest I had ever felt to living in a village, and it felt GREAT!!! The one component missing for all the children though, was their own mothers. For women who choose to go back to work, I couldn't imagine a more loving and nurturing environment for their children to grow up in than Khalsa Childcare. Nonetheless, I knew that I didn't ever want to have to make the choice to leave my own child with someone else during the day... not if I could help it! And so I passionately decided that I would find a way to accomplish both – be with my child and be amongst my peers doing income-earning activities that would offer financial support... and thus the idea of starting a Day Village was officially formed!
My son, Thaddeus, (7 months at the time),
blissfully enjoying himself in nature at Khalsa Childcare!
For more info on Amar Fuller and what she's doing at Khalsa Childcare, I have scanned a copy of her article featured in the Hippocrates Health Institute magazine from a few years ago. It's two pages, so I scanned it as two separate PDFs. You can download each page individually by clicking below:
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