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GHANA: Motherhood and Experiences

Adwoa Gyimah — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 05:00:04 +0000

I love being a mother and I’m forever grateful for my children. It has not always been so smooth through pregnancy, childbirth, and nurturing but I’m constantly learning, praying and evolving as I navigate through this journey of motherhood. We have been blessed with two gorgeous boys who are to me everything that I could […]

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NETHERLANDS: A Mother’s Process.

Mirjam — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 06:00:02 +0000

I worry about you. I worry about not being the best mother for you. About not giving you what you need. I don’t have a manual. All I have are my instincts, my feelings and my love for you. No one tells me that I am doing a good job. But there are plenty of […]

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INDONESIA: When Your Child Doesn’t Fit In

Maureen — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 05:08:45 +0000

I still remember that day from last year. I knew something was not right when the homeroom teacher got the principal, school counselor and some other unfamiliar faces as I sat down in their office. My gut feelings were right. They pretty much told me my son couldn’t continue in that school for the next […]

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JAPAN: When the World Ends

Melanie Oda (Japan) — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 05:58:16 +0000

No, this isn’t a political post, unless you consider that on some level every post written by a woman is a political post whether she intends it to be or not. This is about the apocalypse, Armageddon-style chaos and anarchy that happened at my house last week. That’s right, y’all. I got sick, Influenza A […]

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SOUTH AFRICA: The Best-Laid Birth Plan

Mamma Simona (South Africa) — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 06:00:36 +0000

Before my (now 24 year old) son was born, I was a SuperSitter. Not only did I work for a Babysitting Agency called SuperSitters, but I’d also studied Child Psychology, Child and Infant First Aid and aced a course which would have allowed me to open up a daycare facility of my own, if I’d […]

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SINGAPORE: Supporting Dads to get more involved

Susan Koh — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 08:09:20 +0000

With the rise of dual income families, the roles of mums and dads have become less conventional where roles are no longer confined to one gender. What used to be a typical arrangement of dads shouldering the financial responsibility of bringing home the bacon and mums staying home to be the main caregiver of the […]

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USA: Infants, Toddlers, and Getting Sick While Overseas

ThinkSayBe — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 05:00:35 +0000

In the beginning of June my husband, our two youngest children and I traveled to the United Republic of Tanzania. Aka: my birth home. As expected before international travel, we each took appropriate vaccines and malaria tablets. We were in Tanzania for five weeks, and within that time both children got sick. It began with […]

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INDIA: Nishkaam Karma and Baggage free Parenting

Piya Mukherjee — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 05:00:51 +0000

Baggage-Free Parenting From the pages of a mother’s diary It’s never easy for a mother to confess to her child that she has found herself lacking. Nevertheless we all know that acceptance of a situation allows insight and wisdom to change and evolve. I used to be an investment banker, a trainer and a teacher […]

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KENYA: Passing on valuable parenting knowledge

Maryanne W. Waweru — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 05:00:16 +0000

Over a sumptuous dinner with my girlfriends last weekend, we naturally got talking about our children. One of us had just enrolled for an eight-week programme specifically for ‘Mothers with Sons’. For a cost of about $150 USD, with learning taking place once a week (Saturdays) for two hours, the course teaches how to raise our […]

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USA: Global Village Membership

ThinkSayBe — Fri, 27 May 2016 05:00:11 +0000

If you’re a parent, or a child, or anyone, you may have heard the phrase. “It takes a village” (to raise a child). After reading a post written by a fellow contributor, KC, I remained in thought about this village that’s needed to raise our children. KC is currently a stay-home-mum to a precious toddler, […]

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