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USA: A Dinosaur
When I think of my own elementary school experience, I remember recess games and lunch time chats. I remember “round robin” reading and math fact drills. I remember class time and spelling tests, but I also remember having time to play with my friends, and that was...
World Mom, To-wen Tseng, is on @BabyCenter again!
As part of World Moms Blog’s collaboration with BabyCenter’s Mission Motherhood™, our World Moms are writing posts on maternal health around the world. In today’s post, To-wen Tseng shares a story from China about a mother-to-be who had to search for a hospital that...
NIGERIA – Chibok Girls, Two Years On
Even as I write this, there is a painful lump in my chest. It has been two years that our #ChibokGirls have been in captivity. I just imagine that the #ChibokParents die a thousand deaths every day thinking of the atrocities being met upon their daughters. Daughters...
MADAGASCAR: Interview with Ketakandriana Rafitoson
Where in the world do you live? And, are you from there? I live in and am from Antananarivo, Madagascar’s capital city. Madagascar (the country, not the movie) is a big island located in the Indian Ocean, and is geographically defined as being part of Africa. I have...
WORLD VOICE: World Moms Train Nurses
It’s over 100 degrees Farenheit and I am dripping sweat as we enter the home of a mother who has recently given birth at a Lao hospital using a Clean Birth Kit, supplied by my organization CleanBirth.org. She is wearing a long skirt and hooded sweatshirt. Under...
POLAND: Stay-At-Home Parent – When Kids Go to School
Free time. Sometimes I feel like I would give an arm and a leg for a little bit of free time. To have lunch with friends. To go to the gym. To take a nap. To read. To go to the grocery store all by myself. To do nothing.at.all. I knew when I signed up to be a...
USA: Finding Perspective
You can get a little lost in this life journey when all around you people are featured on sites and being published in real books - even publishing books of their own. Perfect families seem to smile at you every day from your screen as touched up shots appear...
KENYA: Dignity for children with special needs
My mom was visiting with us in Kenya recently, and I decided to take her to Heshima's Dignity Designs, a specialty jewelry shop I had heard great things about. I thought it would be a fun mother-daughter day out, and we could buy some lovely African beaded...
INDONESIA: Travel To Find Myself
I won a trip of a lifetime to Queensland, Australia last month and while I felt overjoyed, once the confetti settled down and once I found out I will be alone, panic crept in. My partner – who lives in Australia – cannot join me for the trip as he was also traveling...
WORLD VOICE: The March Of Dimes Marches On
The tiny translucent fingers of a premature baby are stark reminders of the fragility of newborn life no matter where in the world a baby is born. When I asked a friend who works for the March of Dimes exactly what it was that the organization did I was struck that I...
UNITED KINGDOM: Take Me As I Am
It’s now April and without really meaning to, I’ve found that in the first three months of the year I’ve not bought myself any clothes or shoes. Now this might seem like a small thing to many people, but sadly where I live in the UK it is very common place to...
USA: The Belt Test
Recently, my 9-year-old hit a snag in his martial arts class. He practices Shotokan, a style of karate that focuses on mastering technique through continual refinement. His sensei sums it up by saying, “Practice doesn’t make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.”...
INDIA: FTP (Full time Parenting), here I come! (Pages from a Mother’s Diary)
It’s seldom admitted but true. Lots of working, married urban women fear the effect that a new child will have on their ability for juggling spreadsheets and power point presentations at the office. Or, look upon the baby as a desirable added dimension to their lives...
USA: #Heartfulness Guided Cleaning – Complexities and Impurities, Be Gone!
“Please join us in the 2016 #Heartfulness Meditation Conference in the USA. If you are a World Moms Blog contributor, or reader, or fan, please contact us (info@worldmomsblog.com) for a free pass.”...
WORLD VOICE: Climate Change – Through the Eyes of our Children
This week, as I was catching up on news headlines, a notification appeared announcing the 80th birthday of David Suzuki. David Suzuki is one of the most recognized and respected environmental scientists and activists of our time. And, he is Canadian – something I am...
NETHERLANDS: Holding Onto Hope In The Face Of Terrorism
I write this in response to the recent terrorist attacks in Belgium on March 22th. When I came home from work on Tuesday, I turned on the news and watched chaos and destruction. I am not particularly partial to watching the news, but this hit really close to home. I...
USA: Syria, Five Years Later . . .
This week marks the fifth anniversary of the beginning of the Syrian war. Five years of fighting, death, destruction. Heartbreaking stories, loss and questions. How much longer can this go on for? How is this going to end? Five years of senseless violence have...
Singapore: Meditation in the Life of a Coach-Mom
"Please join us in the 2016 #Heartfulness Meditation Conference in the USA. If you are a World Moms Blog contributor, or reader, or fan, please contact us (info@worldmomsblog.com) for a free...
World Mom, @JenniferBurden, is on @BabyCenter Today! #Blue4Water
As part of World Moms Blog’s collaboration with BabyCenter’s Mission Motherhood™, our World Moms are writing posts on maternal health around the world. In today’s post, Jennifer Burden writes about the importance of clean water on maternal health in the developing...
WORLD VOICE: Celebrating The Privilege of Clean Water on World Water Day
Today (March 22) is a big deal to me because it is World Water Day. Actually, access to clean water and sanitation is a big deal to me year round. The seed was planted a few years back when I was first connected to WaterAid America as a member of the Global Team of...
SCOTLAND: Interview with Judith Nelson
Where in the world do you live? And, are you from there? I live in Scotland in North Berwick, a seaside town near Edinburgh which is Scotland's capital city. I'm not from the area but it's home. I was born in England but lived in various places as a child, including...
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