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KENYA: Online Groups Replace Traditional Motherhood Advice
Last Sunday, my closest friend became a mother for the first time. It has been excitement galore from all the people who know her: her family, her friends, her colleagues, neighbors, acquaintances, and just about everybody. When I visited her in hospital, I found...
NEW ZEALAND: I Am Not My Child’s Behavior
Last week, my six year-old threw a very loud, very intense and very public tantrum. He threw it because I said, No, to a treat that I wasn't prepared to buy for him. And yes, I did explain why I said, No. My saying, No, is not a new experience for him. He is familiar...
WORLD VOICE: Embracing Diversity & The European Refugee Crisis
In a time where one’s ethnicity is being questioned or disregarded, as evidenced by the treatment of Syrian refugees, I thought it timely as one of the topics at the recent Social Good Summit. I’ve attended the Social Good Summit three times, and each time, I came...
PORTUGAL: Am I Really In Portugal?
I have loved Portugal for nearly my whole life. I first came here as a little girl for summer holidays with my parents. I can still remember the dry heat of the Portuguese summer, the ice-cream from the beach stalls that was never quite frozen, and the delicious...
USA: How to Choose a Candidate for Public Office 101
"I know nothing about politics." "I just don't have time to vote." "The person who I wanted to run didn't make my party's ticket, so I'm not voting." "They're so-and-so's friend, so I'll vote for them." "My one vote won't make a difference!" These are quotes that I've...
CANADA: My Husband Doesn’t Help With The Baby. So What?
My husband doesn't like babies. That's a problem, because in Canada, men are expected to share parenting duties. Women expect help from their husband when a baby is born, and I wasn't any different. When we first had the baby, he tried. He really did. He walked him...
Singapore: Letter to an Imperfect Mom
Dear fellow mom, Thank you for being who you are. Thank you for your love, devotion and sacrifices, even when there’s no words of appreciation. Thank you for your strength, gentleness and faith in the little ones entrusted to you by God. Thank you for hanging on no...
WORLD VOICE: Stunted Growth Epidemic in Laos
October 16 was World Food Day and it got me thinking about food issues in Laos, the country where my non-profit, CleanBirth.org works. Laos’ rate of stunting -- low height for age as a result of chronic malnutrition -- is staggering. A full 44 % of the population has...
World Mom, Purnima Ramakrishnan, 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, Purnima Ramakrishnan of India writes, "...I recently had a conversation with a mother who is a...
FRANCE: About a Father
When you first separate, you are a big mess but you are full of hope that you’ll just manage everything well, mostly with the father of your children. You have thought about this many times, when you have heard about friends or acquaintances getting a divorce and...
BELGIUM: Sunny Clouded Eyes
Does that mean I get a cane now? And a dog? That would be sooooo cool! She was excited, my precious one. She skipped and danced, as we left the hospital. I had just explained to her, in careful wording, that she was now officially ‘disabled’. At the last tests, her...
UAE: I Wish We Didn’t Have to Have “Day of the Girl”
“My grandmother told me that a woman is like the neck and the man is the head,” my student said. “Important but supportive.” The rest of the students in my class on “Global Women Writers” nodded their head in agreement. None of the students is from the same country—in...
SRILANKA: The Story of the Cinnamon Seller
Today, I am going to tell the story of Lalit Galle whom I met in the Cinnamon Islands in Sri Lanka. He is a cinnamon peeler. So, this last May, we went as a family for a vacation to Sri Lanka. It is a beautiful; tropical country and nice place to spend some leisure....
WORLD VOICE: The Story of a Girl Who Dared To Dream for #DayofTheGirl
This past Sunday, we celebrated International Day of The Girl on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter by sharing photos of our contributors' daughters and what they dream of being when they grow up. (See their pictures at the end of this post!) So for our World Voice...
USA: Waiting for Water After Hurricane Joaquin
Last week, South Carolina experienced the worst flooding is has seen in 1,000 years. World Mom, Sophia, shares her search for clean water after the storm last week... Today the National Guard had two posts at which troopers were giving out clean water bottles by the...
USA: The Santa Talk
My son turns 10 years old this fall. At the start of the summer, I told my husband that before school reconvened, I intended to have the talk with my son about Santa. While my son has never pushed for answers regarding holiday magic, he is in a multi-age program at...
NIGERIA: Get up, World Moms, Aisha’s Talking to YOU!
World Mom, Aisha Yesufu in Nigeria, has an incredible amount of drive. From humble beginnings, she worked hard at her education and it became her family's ticket to a better life. We've had the chance to join her virtually on World Moms Blog's panel at the World Bank...
NEW ZEALAND: Little Events, Big Moments
With no definitive family religion, it's been one of my conscious parenting decisions to create and maintain family rituals on which my kids can hang their memories. One that began five years ago, when my youngest was just over a year old, was sleeping in the lounge...
SOCIAL GOOD: A Hidden Gem, Heifer International’s Heifer Farm
One day I was in New York City at the United Nations among World Leaders, and the next in rural Massachusetts milking a goat. Though the two may seem totally unrelated, they are actually intertwined. It will take both the efforts of world leaders and small share farm...
BIG NEWS!!: World Moms Blog Announces Launch of Global Health Collaboration with BabyCenter’s Mission Motherhood™
World Moms Blog is BURSTING to announce today’s launch of a brand new collaboration with BabyCenter’s Mission Motherhood™ website! We share BabyCenter’s commitment to improving maternal health globally and our World Moms are very excited to play a part in sharing the...
GREECE: The Financial Crisis is Hitting Home
Lately, my life seems to be a blustery gale of unexpected mishaps and then, just when the sun dares to peek through the clouds, an unseasonal hailstorm unleashes its wrath to put me back in my place. I mean this both metaphorically and literally. The weather has been...
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