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SOCIAL GOOD: Helping Kids Choose2Matter
“You Matter”. The revelation that those two words can change the world seems so simple, so intuitive, yet those are not words that young people are used to hearing. Angela Maiers a long time educator, and founder of Choose2Matter decided that those two little words...
AUSTRALIA: Keeping Our Children Safe With Social Media
The mere fact that you’re reading this blog post means you have some understanding of social media and how it works. In this day and age you can’t escape the reach of social media, it’s everywhere from Facebook and Twitter to blog posts and everything in between....
USA: Interview with Nadege Nicoll
Where in the world do you live? And, are you from there? I live in the USA, in New Jersey to be more precise. I am originally from France but have been living abroad for almost twenty years – mainly in England and now here. What language(s) do you speak? I speak...
SOUTH AFRICA: Terrible Twos AND Terrible Teens?
I clearly remember (as a young first-time mother struggling with my son's colic and projectile vomiting) being told by other mothers; "Oh, that's nothing, just you wait until he hits the Terrible Twos!" That colicky baby turned 21 last month, and I have learnt a few...
INDONESIA: Ode To Homeroom Moms
Ever since my son started school I always have these odd feelings when it comes to socializing with the other moms. It was my mental block. Being a single mom, I used to fear about what the other parents will think of me and my boy. The school has been nothing but...
#Moms4MDGs MDG #7 With Esquel Foundation in Brazil
In 2000, 189 nations made a promise to free people from extreme poverty and multiple deprivations. This pledge turned into the eight Millennium Development Goals, and was written as the Millennium Goal Declaration .- United Nations Development Programme...
BELGIUM: Rino
We have a cat. A lot of people have a cat. Ours is named Rino. As in rhinoceros, minus the "h" and the horn. Looking back, I got him when he was still a little too small, so he definitely sees me as his cat-mom. He slept in the Big Bedroom during the first months of...
NEVADA, USA: On Rules
In a conversation with a friend the other day, she mentioned that someone once asked her if I was seriously okay with letting my 7-year-old go to the bathroom by himself. A little while later I read Mama B's post about how her house is a dungeon of rules, and I...
SINGAPORE: Celebrating Valentine’s Day as Parents
We're just a day away from February 14, Valentine's Day. And like most moms, we've probably stopped celebrating this overrated and grossly commercialized day. In fact for most moms, it's likely going to be like any another regular day where we send the kids off at...
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Going Green (or trying to) in Abu Dhabi
I turned fifty last month. See how calmly I said that? Just rolled right off my keyboard with nary a omigodhowdidigetsoold freakout. Turning fifty in Abu Dhabi, where we've lived for the past three years, meant that my family couldn't be with me to celebrate this...
WORLD VOICE: So Long, Farewell, 안녕히계세요, Goodbye
After several very happy years here in Seoul, we are returning stateside. As I reflect on our time here and the coming transitions ahead I am feeling a bit anxious, a bit sad, and quite sentimental. I’m digging deep, hoping to find some excitement in there too, but so...
NEW ZEALAND: The Good Old Days
One of my enduring memories of childhood is of trapsing over paddocks, up and down hills, in gumboots too big for my feet picking mushrooms or blackberries. Eventually getting sore heels and aching legs. Eventually filling buckets and ice-cream containers with food....
MASSACHUSETTS, USA: The Mouse Trap
As parents determined to raise global citizens, my husband and I were reticent to channel financial resources toward a Disney-vacation rather than taking our children abroad for enrichment. But, there is something that stirs inside both of us when it comes to...
Tanzania: My “One Child” Policy
I grew up in a family of five children, with a year and a half between each child. I remember our household always feeling crowded, and, of course, privacy was unheard of. The fact that we were three sisters meant that hand me downs and sharing clothing was a huge...
PHILIPPINES: How Childbirth Can Change Your Life
The initial signs of labor -- you already know them by now, if you're a non-first-time mom like me. You know what to do and what to expect so you stay calm and maybe even continue going about the usual events of your day. Then labor progresses and you feel that it...
$5 Saves Lives with Cleanbirth.org, Multicultural Kids Blogs & Girls Globe!
Over a year ago, World Mom, Nicole Melancon of Thirdeyemom, introduced me to Kristyn Zalota, an American mom who was dedicating her time to help save the lives of mothers in Laos. I'm embarassed to admit, I wasn't exactly sure where Laos was. (It's next to Vietnam.)...
NETHERLANDS: Troubles Finding the Right Charity
Until a friend of mine had a terrible tragic accident in the Himalaya mountains that left her in a coma, I had never donated to a charity. We collected some money at our wedding to give to her husband, and my mom also donated some money to a charity that takes care...
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, USA: Five Rules About Running a Business…or Raising a Baby
Since my son turned two, I have been getting questions about when another baby might be on the way. But the fact is that I have already have a second baby....my start up. And I'm just barely kidding. My business demands only marginally less time than a baby and gets...
Japan: Ceremoniously Yours
One of the first things I noticed when I moved to Japan, standing as I did in many a cold gym on a drafty stage being stared at by bored students, is that in Japan even small changes are deemed deserving of a ceremony of some sort. I worked as an assistant language...
Israel: Why Do You Love Me?
*I wrote this a while back when I was on the verge of losing my mind because of all the thoughts and doubts in my head. On an emotional level, I was living in a state of survival. I felt uptight and tense all the time and I was barely keeping it together. To the world...
CANADA: Mental Illness – Let’s Talk
When I was a teenager, I suffered from teen depression. When I tried to talk to someone about it, I was told to “pull myself together”. I didn’t mention it again, because I didn’t think it was OK to talk about it. When I was in my early 20’s, my life fell apart. I...
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