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KENYA: Facing pressure to have a child
There’s a reality that’s been gnawing at me for a long time. I’m talking about the pressures that face women - unwanted pressures from society. As soon as you hit the age of 25, people start asking, "When will you get married?" After your wedding they will ask, "When...
INDIA: Our Children make us into better people
From the pages of a Mother's Diary “There are times when it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that my husband and I are blessed to have Abhishek as our child!” I recently said , to a close friend. You might initially assume that these are the words of a proud parent...
NETHERLANDS: Looking beyond behavior
I stood in the doorway. Uneasy, uncertain if I was at the right place at all. I couldn’t seem to find my way around this hospital. My eyes flashed back and forth, seeking for some sort of assurance. A doctor passed me, I stepped aside to let him pass in the narrow...
BRAZIL: The Dangers Of Being A Fat Mother
I want to start out by saying that this is not some sort of fat shaming post - much to the contrary. Not many years ago I weighed 67 kg (about 147 lbs.) – what is considered to be the “ideal” weight for my height. Now I weigh 105 kg (231 lbs.). Yes, my weight...
CANADA: Top 5 Things I Love About My South Africa
In 2000, I packed my life into checked baggage and travelled from Johannesburg to Toronto. I left behind my family and friends, my cat, most of my belongings, and everything that I was familiar with. All I had was two suitcases, a job offer, and a street map of a city...
NEW ZEALAND: Happiness is Now
It was a very short time ago that I was seven years old imagining that 10 was very grown-up and close to being a teenager, and the Millennium was so far in the future that my head hurt to think about it. Yesterday, or thereabouts, I was 19 recovering from a minor...
WORLD VOICE: Indian Woman Creates Rehab Center for Acid Attack Victims
What happens when obsession over a woman’s appearance becomes a reason to incite a violent act against her? Violence against women is a constant in many countries, especially in India. Women in India are discriminated on and so many of them have been physically...
GREECE: Summer Time Blues
Greek summer has always been a challenge for me, even though most of my friends and relatives think I'm insane. People from all over the world spend small fortunes on heading to the land which created the first Olympic Games and has countless beaches, monuments and...
USA: The Camping Trip
This summer my family went an overnight backpacking trip to a gorgeous meadow tucked in the mountains. Our party included me, my husband, my 10-year-old son, my 6-year-old son, and our dog. Our journey included walking 12 miles and climbing 2000 feet of elevation...
NIGERIA: Advice for a Groom
I recently attended a wedding and observed one of our local customs that gave me pause. In a Nigerian wedding, there it is tradition for elders to offer marital advice to the new couple during the ceremony. Interestingly, in most cases, all the advice is directed...
PHILIPPINES: Lego and Life Lessons
I watch my son playing with Lego almost every day. He's currently using the Basics series, you know, the ones with little neighborhood scenes and people. Most times, though, he'll create something new, something out of the box and different. He's an imaginative...
WORLD VOICE: Recharging and Reconnecting with Yourself
I could write about the creative and challenging workouts, the hike up the mountain for lunch or the sunrise yoga. I could tell you about the nutrition seminar or the cooking demonstration or the morning trip through the perimeter of the grocery store. I could share...
The Expat Life: When Visiting Home Can Lead to Unexpected Disappointment
The excitement that is summer. It is hard for anyone to contain their excitement for summer, but even more so when you are an expat. For families who live overseas, summer is synonymous with returning home, visiting family and friends, and going back to a place of...
USA: Infants, Toddlers, and Getting Sick While Overseas
In the beginning of June my husband, our two youngest children and I traveled to the United Republic of Tanzania. Aka: my birth home. As expected before international travel, we each took appropriate vaccines and malaria tablets. We were in Tanzania for five weeks,...
MADAGASCAR: Affected by addiction and raising children
I’m the mommy of two boys. I’d love to have a girl, but I’m a bit afraid to give it a try because I’m not sure how to raise a girl. Malagasy women and girls face many challenges, and I’m not sure I’m equipped to teach a girl what to do in order to succeed, or just to...
World Mom, Elizabeth Atalay, is on @BabyCenter today!
As part of World Moms Network’s collaboration with BabyCenter’s Mission Motherhood®, our World Moms are writing posts on maternal health around the world. In our most recent post, Elizabeth Atalay, writes, “I recently had the opportunity to interview author Roger...
WORLD VOICE: How Far Would You Go For an Olympic Medal?
How far would you go for your child to help him/her win a competition? Competitions are meant to establish sportsmanship, confidence and winning spirit, but in China, the idea of competition is taken to another level. With the 2016 Olympics in Rio underway, the idea...
NETHERLANDS: All kids included..
Although budget cuts mostly mean changes for the worst, sometimes they turn out to be a blessing in disguise. At the start of the 90s the government had to cut down the costs of special education. I was learning to be a teacher, when a project named “Together To...
USA: Breastfeeding-Sustainable Solution And Human Right
Every woman has a breastfeeding story. If you ask me, I’d tell you how I became a mother at the center of a lawsuit about the rights of women breastfeeding in the workplace, and why I turned down the financial compensation in my lawsuit. If you ask my mother, she’d...
SOUTH AFRICA: Why is change inevitably painful?
Change is painful. The myriad of cliches, affirmations, memes and inspirational quotes on this subject are testament that this is a widespread problem. No one knows this better than us mothers. From the moment of conception, change happens at an incredibly fast pace....
SRI LANKA: When history repeats itself
I haven’t hugged my oldest daughter in almost three years. It will be three full years in October. I will never forget the last hug we had at the immigrations desk in the Phuket airport when the officials were checking her travel documents. She was happy to be going...
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