World Parenting Archives - World Moms Network https://iv1r64b91k.onrocket.site/category/aacolumns/world-parenting/ Connecting mothers; empowering women around the globe. Thu, 26 May 2022 17:34:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.11 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016-World-Moms-Network-Logo-512-125x125.jpg World Parenting Archives - World Moms Network https://iv1r64b91k.onrocket.site/category/aacolumns/world-parenting/ 32 32 School Shooting: A Letter To My Sons https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2022/05/26/school-shooting-a-letter-to-my-sons/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=school-shooting-a-letter-to-my-sons https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2022/05/26/school-shooting-a-letter-to-my-sons/#respond Thu, 26 May 2022 15:22:48 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=38027 I wrote this in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting in December 2012. At the time, my boys were 6 and 8 years old -similar ages to the children who lost their lives on that terrible day. I know that many parents will be feeling this way now, after the tragedy in Texas. Our […]

The post School Shooting: A Letter To My Sons appeared first on World Moms Network.

]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2022/05/26/school-shooting-a-letter-to-my-sons/feed/ 0 Domestic Abuse: from Fear to Confidence https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2022/04/28/domestic-abuse-from-fear-to-confidence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=domestic-abuse-from-fear-to-confidence https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2022/04/28/domestic-abuse-from-fear-to-confidence/#respond Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=37953 When you leave an abusive relationship, you are driven by fear. At some point you know that if you stay, you’ll die, one way or another. And if you have kids, that they are at great risk too. You may not be able to say that it’s the right choice, because your thoughts are not […]

The post Domestic Abuse: from Fear to Confidence appeared first on World Moms Network.

]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2022/04/28/domestic-abuse-from-fear-to-confidence/feed/ 0 From Changing Diapers to Changing the World https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2022/03/08/from-changing-diapers-to-changing-the-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-changing-diapers-to-changing-the-world https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2022/03/08/from-changing-diapers-to-changing-the-world/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2022 17:22:39 +0000 https://www.worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=37883 International Women’s Day is a great time for women to lift up other women and the author of this post does just that. Our World Mom Contributor in California, USA, Ewa (Polish Mom Photographer), reviews a fantastic book, RELEASED TODAY, about mom advocacy , and written by fellow World Mom in Missouri, USA, Cindy Levin. […]

The post From Changing Diapers to Changing the World appeared first on World Moms Network.

]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2022/03/08/from-changing-diapers-to-changing-the-world/feed/ 2 Caviar https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2022/02/17/caviar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=caviar https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2022/02/17/caviar/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2022 18:12:57 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=37808 Grandmothers are the glue of a family. They always have the warmest hugs and are so happy to see you no matter what. In the 80’s they were built in nannies for most. At least I know mine was. I was there daily even when I became old enough for school. I was for sure […]

The post Caviar appeared first on World Moms Network.

]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2022/02/17/caviar/feed/ 1 Protecting My Darlings: a writer’s dilemma https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2022/02/01/protecting-my-darlings-a-writers-dilemma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=protecting-my-darlings-a-writers-dilemma https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2022/02/01/protecting-my-darlings-a-writers-dilemma/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=37740 Writing and Deleting In Dutch, writers have a mantra, a piece of advice provided by one of our well-known authors about deleting words rather than protecting them: Schrijven Is Schrappen -Godfried Bomans The translation is, “writing is deleting.” It means, instead of holding fast to everything you write, writers must apply the common practice of […]

The post Protecting My Darlings: a writer’s dilemma appeared first on World Moms Network.

]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2022/02/01/protecting-my-darlings-a-writers-dilemma/feed/ 3 To All Moms: You Don’t Know a Thing! PS, I Love You https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/11/30/to-all-moms-you-dont-know-a-thing-ps-i-love-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=to-all-moms-you-dont-know-a-thing-ps-i-love-you https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/11/30/to-all-moms-you-dont-know-a-thing-ps-i-love-you/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=37651 Alas! I’d just had yet another row with my 14-year-old, and the closing banter, as always was, “You don’t know a thing! I hate you Mom!”. Feeling drained out, wretched, and eager to make things normal, all at the same time, I heard the loud thud of the door closing. She has shut her bedroom […]

The post To All Moms: You Don’t Know a Thing! PS, I Love You appeared first on World Moms Network.

]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/11/30/to-all-moms-you-dont-know-a-thing-ps-i-love-you/feed/ 3 Parenting Don’ts: Advice to My Future Self https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/11/16/parenting-donts-lessons-for-my-future-self/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=parenting-donts-lessons-for-my-future-self https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/11/16/parenting-donts-lessons-for-my-future-self/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=37543 I had the privilege to be born in Bahrain and imbibe the various cultures around me. Raised in a nuclear family, my parents tried to give my sister and me everything that a big, joint Indian family would provide for a proper balanced upbringing. That was a lot of expectations from one dad and one mum […]

The post Parenting Don’ts: Advice to My Future Self appeared first on World Moms Network.

]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/11/16/parenting-donts-lessons-for-my-future-self/feed/ 3 Sometimes the Weeds Are a Good Place to Be https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/11/09/sometimes-the-weeds-are-a-good-place-to-be/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sometimes-the-weeds-are-a-good-place-to-be https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/11/09/sometimes-the-weeds-are-a-good-place-to-be/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2021 16:35:03 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=37633 Life in the Weeds When I was a new mother and both of my kids were “littles” (under the age of 5), I spent a lot of time chasing them around, picking up after them and carting them to copious kiddie activities. My mother-in-law liked to refer to that phase of parenting as being “deep […]

The post Sometimes the Weeds Are a Good Place to Be appeared first on World Moms Network.

]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/11/09/sometimes-the-weeds-are-a-good-place-to-be/feed/ 8 Diwali: Celebrating the Spirit of Light and Love https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/11/03/diwali-celebrating-the-spirit-of-light-and-love/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=diwali-celebrating-the-spirit-of-light-and-love https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/11/03/diwali-celebrating-the-spirit-of-light-and-love/#respond Wed, 03 Nov 2021 09:09:54 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=37558 So, whatever you do on this Diwali day, enjoy the light in your heart, the love in the air, and peace in the universe.

The post Diwali: Celebrating the Spirit of Light and Love appeared first on World Moms Network.

]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/11/03/diwali-celebrating-the-spirit-of-light-and-love/feed/ 0 The Gift of Finding Yourself https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/10/05/the-gift-of-finding-yourself/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-gift-of-finding-yourself https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/10/05/the-gift-of-finding-yourself/#respond Tue, 05 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=37430 “Sometimes you need a good challenge. Sometimes you need a great escape. Sometimes you need both.” The Joy of Planning a Trip Have you ever found, or perhaps re-found, yourself in travel? A few years ago, during an intense gym session in Krakow, Poland, my friend Paulina and I made a promise to each other, […]

The post The Gift of Finding Yourself appeared first on World Moms Network.

]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/10/05/the-gift-of-finding-yourself/feed/ 0