The Ancient Ugandan Motherhood System That's Way Better Than The Nuclear Family

How do you care for a new mother? How do you care for a family?

If you're a citizen of the West, the answer is basically: you don't.

There's no recognition, value, or care for family anymore.

Yet there is an ancient way that most of humanity for most of time has followed that helps mothers and families thrive as multi-generational teams.

That way is still kept in places like Uganda, which Jeremy and April discuss today.

Can you even imagine this kind of support?

And if you didn't receive this support, don't worry...you get to be the one to choose to build this type of family downstream, and the work starts today as you build relationship with your children.

Stand at the crossroads and choose the ancient path.

On this episode, we talk about:

0:00 Intro

2:14 Stark Differences Between How Mothers Are Treated in The West vs. Africa

14:14 Ancient vs. Western Ways

21:02 The nuclear family is not the ideal

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Resources Mentioned:

Guardian Article: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/feb/05/mother-west-uganda-parenting-uganda-society-switzerland

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Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!