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World Mom, Elizabeth Atalay, is on @BabyCenter Today!
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, Elizabeth Atalay in the USA writes about "Kangaroo Care", a process of keeping newborn babies close...
2015 Marked World Moms Blog’s 5 Year Anniversary
In 2010 World Moms Blog launched from 3 countries. Today, we write from over 30 and have over 70 contributors. In five years there has been awards from the UN Correspondents Association for "Best Reporting on the UN" to Forbes Woman for "Best 100 Website for...
OMAN: Raising Children As Global Citizens
Is it possible to raise children to be global citizens in a conservative society? Is it possible to bring the ideas of globalization in a culture that might reject anything new? Is it possible to raise children as global citizens, yet respect their own culture? These...
USA: Outcasts, Refugees, and Giving Thanks
On November 26, 2015, here in the USA there was a celebration. It is called Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is celebrated by many Americans as a day when the 'Injuns and pilgrims feasted together in harmony'. When possible, families gather to spend the day eating a...
UAE: Interview with World Mom, KC in Abu-Dhabi
Where in the world do you live? And, are you from there? Home for the moment is Abu Dhabi, UAE. Our family (husband, 2.5 year-old and yours truly) just moved here six months ago for my husband’s job. Originally from the tiny city-state of Singapore, we have been...
USA: Holiday Fails
It’s the holiday season, a time of year when we flood social media with our best stories and photos while searching online for ideas to make the little touches around our home that much more memorable. We most often see people in heartwarming moments, because that is...
#UNCA Awards: And The Award Goes To……
Purnima, Congratulations on your achievement! It was our honor to attend the UNCA Gala and accept this award on your behalf. We wished that you were with us, but we thought of you at home in Chennai helping your family during this time of crisis with...
INDIA: A World Mom Reports from Catastrophic Floods in #Chennai #ChennaiRains #ChennaiFloods
My family lives in a low-lying area in Chennai, and we are, unfortunately, in the direct line of the reservoir’s outflow. We have been deeply affected by the #ChennaiFloods of 2015. I've listened to to my son's pleas to go back to his school which has been rained out...
World Mom, Julie Dutra of Portugal, is on @BabyCenter Today!
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, Julie Dutra of Portugal, writes about her birth experience in Brazil and her quest to have a...
USA: Families Help Syrian Refugees in New Jersey
It was a few weeks ago, my phone rings. I am working from home, writing something unimportant. Yet, I am hesitant to interrupt my concentration. No matter how insignificant my work assignment is, at that precise moment, it’s the center of my universe. While I’m toying...
JAPAN: Work of the Heart
I read an article recently about "emotional labor." You know what that is even if you don't know what that is: the constant conversation going on in your head when someone asks, "What's for dinner?" You peek into your mental refrigerator, pit Johnny's constipation...
NIGERIA: A Muslim Mother Recounts News of the Paris Attack
My husband came into the room while I was still sleeping on the morning of the attack and told me of a deadly attack in Paris. In my half state of sleep I blocked the news out. I didn't want to take in another pain. My body wasn't ready to grieve. I slept on hoping I...
WORLD VOICE: Activities for Human Rights Day 2015
Each year on December 10, people all around the world celebrate Human Rights Day. The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly's adoption on 10 December 1948 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global statement of...
FRANCE: Education Is Prevention…
...and prevention is protection. Now-a-days, we hear a lot about violence. Violence at home, bullying at school, harassment at work or on the street. Violence is everywhere. It does not define our societies or who we are but it plays an important role in our evolution...
USA: Call me MOMPRENEUR, I don’t mind.
Sometime ago, I opened my email and saw this subject line in my inbox: “Mompreneur. Worst word ever.” At first it made me kind of irritated, and I almost moved that email to the trash without reading it. Then I actually read it. I wanted to see who and why would say...
#WorldMoms Behind the Scenes on Paris Attacks and the World
Interesting conversations about world events happen behind the scenes at World Moms Blog. A few weeks ago, we grieved and expressed shock at the terrorist attacks that fanned out across Paris, France, taking the lives of 130 people. Nigeria, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq and...
SINGAPORE: Giving Our Children Roots and Wings
As parents, we desire to raise successful kids. But often the measurement of success can be so vastly different depending on our backgrounds, experiences and expectations. In Singapore, academic success is one of the top measures. Parents will sign up their kids for...
WORLD VOICE: #GivingTuesday, A Day to Give Back
Typically, after Thanksgiving in the United States, the following Friday and Monday, known as Black Friday and Cyber Monday, kick off the holiday shopping season. Black Friday, in the stores and Cyber Monday, online. However, Giving Tuesday follows and is what...
GREECE: The Lessons of Loss
There once was a little girl who lost her mother. She was too young to fully understand the concept of never. She had a secret belief that people were making a silly mistake when they gently explained that her mommy would never be coming home again. The little girl...
MEXICO: Life Lesson: Kittens In A Backpack
As a wife of one and a mom of four, it seems like I am always learning and discovering! I know I am not alone. It doesn’t matter where we live, let’s just admit it: The world is a big place, life is a lesson, and children can be the best teachers. Here are my most...
JAPAN: The Preschool Mom
I see you on your black skirt suit, with the waist that doesn't quite fit the same anymore and the blouse that doesn't quite work when one is out with a toddler. It's been awhile since you wore it. Your heels are just slightly dusty, and you are unconsciously rubbing...
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