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UK: Q&A on Brexit with “Good With Money”
Brexit. The news is everywhere. How does this affect families in the UK and around the world? We called on our friends (literally, they are friends with Jen Burden's sister-in-law!), "Good with Money" in Great Britain, a site launched by two moms who provide...
WORLD VOICE: The Breast Nutrition
As parents we can not protect our children from the whole world around us, though we often wish we could. There are some things that we can do to produce the best possible outcome for our children. The first week of August has been designated as World Breastfeeding...
World Mom, Dee Harlow, is on @BabyCenter!
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, Dee Harlow shared some surprising facts about HIV in Lesotho and the work of m2m in the...
A Report of the #Heartfulness Conference from NJPAC, New Jersey
This summer, our #WorldMom Hannah Ashton reports about the Heartfulness Conference which was held at NJPAC, New Jersey. I recently started Heartfulness meditation. When a group of World Moms started to meditate together, I decided to join in. I had never meditated...
USA: At the #StateofWomen Summit
Attendees were asked to arrive prior to the doors opening at 6:30am on Tuesday morning. I arrived at 6:20am, and the colorful line of women’s clothing wrapped for an entire block around the entrance of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC....
ISRAEL: WE CHANGE
We change. It’s insidious. It happens without us even noticing. It’s kind of like how your kids sprout and grow in front of your very eyes yet until someone who hasn’t seen them in a while remarks about how big they’ve gotten you don’t even realize it. It’s easy to...
JAPAN: My Son, My Daughter, and Inequality
It started out innocently enough. Perhaps because she was the younger child, the second grandchild, her Japanese family just didn't seem as interested in her as in her older brother. I thought perhaps since they only had sons, or that my mother-in-law only had...
WORLD VOICE: Raising White Children When #BlackLivesMatter
The beginning, middle, and end of all conversations about race in my family of origin were that racism was bad and skin color didn’t matter. There’s a story my mother loved to tell: She was reading a children’s book to one of my brothers that asked the question, “Do...
BELGIUM: Keeping A Secret
Secrets. I believe they’re important. Especially for children. When I think about adults with secrets, I mostly imagine sadness, nasty stuff or crime. Mostly sadness though. Actually, I don’t even know if I have big or little secrets myself. Probably not. I’ll have to...
BRAZIL: A Part Of Me
A part of me wants a fun, carefree life A part of me says, not possible anymore A part of me says it’s because of the kids A part of me says there were excuses before A part of me wants my body of so many years ago A part of me says it’s possible no more A part of me...
World Voice: RESULTS International Conference Tackles Poverty
Two weeks ago, I was chosen to represent World Moms Network at the RESULTS International Conference’s Social Media Corps. World Moms Elizabeth Atalay and Cynthia Changyit Levin were also there to guide me through this conference. RESULTS International Conference is...
PORTUGAL: Who’s side are you on?
In case you hadn't heard, Portugal won the European Football Cup last week (or soccer for those of you reading this across the Atlantic). It's a big deal because Portugal's national team has never (ever ever) won a major competition. I was in a park watching the match...
SAUDI ARABIA: The Rationale for Prayer
As a muslim student in London, I was persistently challenged by my professors for my religious beliefs. At the time I didn’t understand why they constantly questioned my beliefs. They regularly asked why I pray. The told me me that fasting was inhumane. They...
INDIA: Nishkaam Karma and Baggage free Parenting
Baggage-Free Parenting From the pages of a mother’s diary It’s never easy for a mother to confess to her child that she has found herself lacking. Nevertheless we all know that acceptance of a situation allows insight and wisdom to change and evolve. I used to be an...
World Voice: A Vision of My Country – USA
I spent a quiet Fourth of July watching the heartland of America roll by my train window on a journey from Chicago to St. Louis. Playing in my headphones was the soundtrack of an old educational cartoon called “Schoolhouse Rocks!” In honor of my country’s Independence...
FRANCE: You want to criticize my parenting? So what!
Last weekend I was away visiting some friends in the South of France. While we were talking about how hard it can be to raise kids, we realized that whatever we do, we’ll always have to face criticism, whether it is from family members, friends with kids or other...
CANADA: Gender Equality Starts In The School Yard
A couple of weeks ago, shortly before Toronto schools let out for the summer, my ten-year-old son talked to me about an older boy who was bothering him in the school yard. This kid was trying to take his basketball and saying things like, "You're such a woman." We...
NIGERIA: Financial Education for Children
"Mummy, is it Buhari's fault that the economy is bad?" My daughter asked me this when she returned from school one day. She's referring to Muhammadu Buhari, the president of Nigeria. "You must always call him President Buhari," I corrected my daughter. Then I realised...
INDONESIA: Helping Your Child Through Difficult Times
The news hit me hard. “Where do we go from here?” “How can I explain it to him?” “How will he cope?” “How am I going to help him through this?” All the above has been clouding my mind for the past couple of months. I tried to shut it down by keeping my already busy...
World Voice: Maternal Health isn’t a Luxury! It’s a Necessity!
I started CleanBirth.org with a mission of improving birth safety for moms in Laos because I am a mom and I wanted to support other mothers. Being a mother is a challenging role for me. It isn’t always easy setting aside the “me” and putting my kids first. But it’s...
BRAZIL: Dialogues Between a Working Mom and a Homemaker
Many women nowadays have to split their time between a full time job and their kids (and their husband, and taking care of their home, and and and…). Another group of women is able to work from home, at least part of the time, or to work some at home and some in the...
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