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WORLD VOICE: South Korea’s Exam Suicides
Last week over 650,000 South Korean students took their college entrance exams. To give you an idea of how important this day is to Korean families, consider the following: banks and government offices open late, air traffic is rerouted, extra metro trains and buses...
USA: Differences in Education Systems, France v. US
The day I gave birth to my son, HJ, is a day I’ll never forget. Induction nightmare? Check. Post baby snuggles? Check. September 3rd birth date? Check. Little did I know at the time how much my son’s birthday would impact his development and education but flash...
ISRAEL: Part II of IV: Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer
This is part two of our contributor and cancer nurse, Susie Newday's, moving and in depth interview on breast cancer with her close friend. Grab a cup of something warm, and come be a fly on the wall with us, as two friends discuss living with metastatic breast...
NEVADA, USA: Unfinished
When you walk into my apartment, you'll see immediately three beautifully painted Athenian green walls. The fourth wall, one that also leads you down the hallway to the rest of the house, started off as your typical apartment-white. I started to paint it an off-white...
PHILIPPINES: Our World After Haiyan
There are just no words these days to describe what has happened to my beautiful country. I write this from the capital of Manila, which was spared the catastrophic effects of the world's strongest recorded typhoon, Haiyan, which befell our country last November 8. ...
#Moms4MDGs MDG #4 With Shot@Life:Reduce Child Mortality
The next twitter party will take place today Tuesday, November 12th from 1-2pm EST, and later in the day, another one at 9-10pm EST to accommodate time zones on MDG4! The hashtag is #Moms4MDGs, and we encourage all moms around the world to join in the discussion! This...
BELGIUM: The Importance of Being First
There is no denying that my eldest child is competitive. Fiercely competitive. The kind which makes for a future Olympic-Gold-Medal winner - competitive. She needs to be first. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that she is the oldest, but I suspect it is...
NEW JERSEY, USA: Goodbye Mr. Peanut
Last summer I was enjoying some peanut butter with my two year old son. It was the first time he really ate a decent amount and I was excited because he was such a picky eater and this would be a new food for him to enjoy. I had tested out giving him peanut butter...
PHILIPPINES: Celebrating the disconnect
We took a family vacation over the Halloween long weekend, and headed up to the northern part of Luzon (our region in the Philippines) to the small beach town of San Juan, in the city of La Union. It's well-known in Asia as a premiere destination for surfers, which...
MOZAMBIQUE: Interview With Save The Children On Early Education
In a newly published preschool programs are described as a promising policy option for improving the school readiness and later success of poor and disadvantaged children in rural Africa. Tonight at 9pm EST World Moms Blog will join Save The Children and...
SOCIAL GOOD: Early Education With Save The Children In Mozambique
Where I live it is a given that most parents will send their kids to pre-school, some as young as two years old. It is common belief that early education builds a strong foundation for future learning, and we take for granted that our kids will go on to higher...
NEW ZEALAND: In Praise of Cousins
I have three sons and they are a lot of fun. They are also a lot of noise, mess and busyness. They adore one another most of the time and loathe one another at other times. Needless to say, living in a small house can get a little hectic and the fact that we live a...
ONTARIO, CANADA: Time
Parents watch their child grow and exclaim that ‘Time flies!’ Or, on those endless afternoons where the cranky and over tired toddler simply will not nap, time drags on for an eternity. As former residents of a major city and newcomers to Smalltown, Ontario, we’re...
ISRAEL: Part I of IV: Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer
As a nurse working in outpatient oncology, cancer is something I'm surrounded by. As time goes by, I've unwillingly learned to live with the fact that it seems like cancer is taking over the world and affecting more and more young people. (I stink at statistics so I...
EGYPT: What Can I Do with My Life?
Writing this post was the most challenging of all the posts I've ever written. You may not find it that valuable, but I will still go with writing and publishing it. Actually I wanted and needed to write, but I didn't know what exactly I wanted to share it. My...
WORLD VOICE: Preparing for the Next Disaster with Save the Children
Just a few months ago, I had the opportunity to tour a New Jersey, USA preschool, whose playground had been covered in sludge from Super Storm Sandy. That was the day Save the Children announced their Get Ready, Get Safe program, which advocates for emergency...
NETHERLANDS: My Child is Not Me
Sometimes, I find myself rediscovering simple truths about life in general and parenting in particular. My latest epiphany is this: “My child is not me.” On the contrary to all the books and articles out there that tell us that we will grow into our parents, I don’t...
MASSACHUSETTS, USA: Blind (play) Dating
Last week my 7-year-old daughter invited a friend over for a playdate after school. My daughter and this child aren't close friends, in fact, they aren't even in the same class at school but they did play on the same town soccer team last year and the child has...
WORLD POLIO DAY: Actions You Can Take to Help Eradicate Polio
According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control, "The eradication of polio from the western hemisphere is among the most significant public health achievements of all time, but victory over polio cannot be claimed until the entire world is made safe from the disease,...
TANZANIA: My “Work-Cation” in NYC
Nothing about my New York trip was what I thought it would have been. 'Accompanying my significant other' was the answer I gave to the lady at the visa section. Neither she nor I had any idea what NY - "the city where dreams are made of" - had in store. Okay, maybe I...
WORLD VOICE: Raising Volunteers
I have always joked that one day both my kids will whine in unison, “Enough with the developing world, can’t we just go to Disney?” I am pretty sure that will happen. But in the meantime, by traveling together I hope to show them that there are people in need and...
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