What standards are being challenged in your home? That is a great question to ask if there is chaos and upheaval. Where there are misbehaving children and disrespectful staff you can guarantee that something that you have established as SOP is not being implemented.

Here is a sample of out latest Articles: https://open.substack.com/pub/thematriarchsletter/p/taking-the-mask-off?r=184hlx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true https://open.substack.com/pub/thematriarchsletter/p/the-matriarchs-letter?r=184hlx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/thematriarchsletter/p/the-household-is-a-kingdom?r=184hlx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web We have more to come. We are getting setup to launch our new book club and tea subscription boxes so stay tuned for that. We are all getting geared up to make the start of the new school year a wonderful season to take time out for ourselves as mothers and wives to train ourselves as well.

I have done some asking of Chat GPT about managing multiple estates while traveling and taking care of the children. I had 5 and we did not succeed very often and I would that I had had books to study and get things organized when I first started. Now I know better and see the disasters waiting before women who are trying to do it all themselves. Here is a list of books that I got and you can find some of them on Amazon and elsewhere and I will be getting together a Reading room soon of the wisdom I gleaned from these books. Stay tuned for that. Here You go: You are not crazy. The book you want probably does not exist as one book. What you’re describing is not “homemaking.” It is private household operations across multiple residences, family travel logistics, education management, and domestic staff leadership. The better search language is: estate management, private service, household manager, domestic staffing, governess, educational nanny, travel nanny, household employer, family office, worldschooling, and house manual. How to Find, Hire and Keep The Right Domestic Professionals Staffing foundation $23.27 The Butler Speaks Modern household standards $19.95 The Butler’s Guide to Running the Home Service training $23.99 Household Management by Margaret Willes Historical estate model $6.29 Create Your Own Employee Handbook

https://thematriarchsletter.substack.com/p/the-household-is-a-kingdom?r=184hlx our first Public Letter for the month. Enjoy it. Let me know if it brought up anything you would like to discuss in further Public Letters.