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SOCIAL GOOD: Why Choice Matters and It Isn’t a Joke
Can you imagine living in a place where you had absolutely no choice or control over your body? Can you imagine waiting days to see a doctor or never seeing a doctor once during a pregnancy or even during childbirth? For most women in the developed world, not having...
SINGAPORE: Dealing with Challenges
My heart has been trudging through tough terrains lately because of some events that happened unexpectedly. Tough as it may be, it’s going through this challenging time as a mom that has been harder to handle. In the beginning, there were times when I just wanted to...
Saturday Sidebar: “How did you feel when you held your baby for the first time?”
This week's Saturday Sidebar Question comes from World Moms Blog writer Purnima. She asked our writers and readers: “How did you feel when you held your baby for the first time? Share with us your birth story.” Check out what some of our World Moms had to say......
World Moms Blog Update September 2012
Not fully recovered yet, as in there’s still a lot of follow-up to do, from the BlogHer conference which was over a month ago. Actually, not only have I not posted about it here, but my bag is still not fully unpacked. I know. So embarrassing. What is even more...
ISRAEL: International Day of Peace
Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The United Nations General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples. In honor of today, Susie...
TUNISIA: Hug Your Trash Collector
Tunis: 1st impressions....hot, beautiful, ancient....and dirty. Between the bustle of the Medina, the rocky remains of Carthage and the white-washed walls and crisp blue sea views of Sidi Bou Sa'id lie fields, highway divides and alleyways of litter. While the...
INDONESIA: Wild Things…A Mom’s Journey to Mastering Boyhood
“Boys will be boys” people say when they see my two-year-old run around wild and try to jump off the steps or throw sand on his head or when he decides the restaurant table is the perfect race track. Yes, “boys will be boys” I’ve realized, the problem is I don’t...
SOCIAL GOOD: One Mom’s Mission to Save Lives in Laos
In 2009, I moved with my husband, one-year-old daughter and four-year-old son to work with trauma survivors at the Mae Tao clinic on the Thai-Burma border. While there, and at Angor Children’s Hospital in Cambodia, I learned that midwifery care was...
WASHINGTON, USA: “The Tooth Fairy Meets El Ratón Pérez”
I arrived at the doorway of my daughter’s pre-school classroom to pick her up. We made eye contact and I could see that she was very excited. I knelt down to her level as she ran over to me and happily announced, “Mommy! I met the tooth fairy today!” “You met the...
Saturday Sidebar: How and where did you meet your husband/partner? – Part 1
This week's Saturday Sidebar Question is a spin off from Mama Kat’s writing prompts. “How and where did you meet your husband/partner?” Check out what some of our World Moms had to say... ALadyInFrance of France writes: “My husband and I both came to church in NYC the...
GUEST POST: Grief: What We’re Not Supposed To Talk About
I’m not going to apologize for being sad. I have been thinking a lot lately about how it has been two weeks, 15 days to be exact, since my miscarriage (well, finding out about it anyway). And how although I have so many friends who have been supportive and such, I...
BRAZIL: Pre-concepts
As we approach International Peace Day (Sept. 21st), I thought I would talk about something that has a lot to do with the subject: discouraging prejudice among our children – in this case, prejudice related to gender and sexuality. Although things have improved a lot...
PHILIPPINES: Two Moms and A Baby
I grew up without a nanny. Here in the Philippines, a family with small kids without a nanny trailing after them is a rare sight. My mom, who is a housewife, was relatively young when she gave birth to me, so she was more than capable of raising me on her own. A...
INDIA: Sahaj Marg Meditation and My Life
I came to Sahaj Marg before I was born. Well, as confusing as that statement may seem like, it is not. It has been the most startling revelation I have had over the past few years since I became a mother. When did I know my son? Of course, before he was born; when he...
CANADA: Finding A Balance Between Awareness And Fear
When I was a kid, the sexes in my household were nicely evened out. There was a mother and a father, a son and a daughter. Even the numerous family pets were split more or less fifty-fifty. When I take stock of my current household, things are very different. There's...
Travel Itinerary for the Week of September 10th!
We kick off this week in Canada on Monday, where Toronto mom Kirsten Doyle is wondering about how to approach one of the uglier aspects of parenting: keeping our kids safe from predators. How much do we tell them, and how do we answer questions we may not be quite...
Saturday Sidebar: What do your children call their grandparents?
This week's Saturday Sidebar Question comes from World Moms Blog writer Karyn Van Der Zwet. In honor of grandparents’ day celebrated in some parts of the world this weekend, Karyn asked our writers, “What do your children call their grandparents?” Check out what some...
LAOS: Life Transitions with Toddlers
Well we made it to Vientiane, Laos! As I typed that exclamation point it feels slightly anti-climatic after going through all the pre-move drama of logistics and planning, the emotions of saying good-byes, surviving the 36-hour journey across the globe followed by the...
FRANCE: Interview with Jacki
Where in the world do you live? And, are you from there? My family and I moved to Paris, France seven months ago on an expatriate assignment through my husband’s employer. Before moving here, we lived in many northeastern states in the U.S., including Connecticut, New...
KENYA: Spare the Kiboko, Spoil the Mtoto
I hunched my back to fit through the doorway of the mud and thatch hut, my baby in my arms. The woman inside welcomed me with a “karibu,” her own baby suckling at her breast. The hut was dark with only light spilling in from two small windows but my eyes adjusted...
INDONESIA: Living Healthy As A Mom
For almost 5 months, I’ve been changing my life in a way that I never thought possible before. First, I joined a gym and was working with a personal trainer 3 to 4 times a week. Then, I revamped the way I eat. My son became used to “Mommy, are you going to the gym?”,...
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