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Daddy’s Got This #9 | Barbapapa, A French Dad In Norway

April 9, 2019

My husband’s active role in raising our kids is crucial in our family. During both parental leaves, I urged to go back to work and he took the ...

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blog series, Growing up in a multicultural family, interviews, multicultural families, multilingualism

Growing up in a multicultural family. Parallel identities: Kasia’s story

March 27, 2019

Since when I became a mother, I’ve kept wondering how will our multicultural family influence our children’s cultural identity. Adopting our ...

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blog series, daddy's got this, parenting

Daddy’s Got This #8 | What I’ve learned in a year as a stay-at-home dad

January 11, 2019

My husband’s active role in raising our kids is crucial in our family. During both parental leaves, I urged to go back to work and he took the ...

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Daddy’s Got This #7 | Life is a journey

September 15, 2018

My husband’s active role in raising our kids is crucial in our family. During both parental leaves, I urged to go back to work and he took ...

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Daddy’s got this #6 | I’m Not A Daddy-Mommy. Please Don’t Call Me That.

August 25, 2018

I celebrate men who take long parental leaves. How could I not? My husband did the same for our kids, to save my sanity and live his fatherhood ...

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Daddy’s got this #5 | Feelings, joys, and worries of a dad

August 18, 2018

It’s been long since the last post of Daddy’s Got This and I’m more than excited to resume the blog series with a guest post ...

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Daddy’s got this #4 | Being brave: five years as a stay-at-home dad

May 2, 2018

Last fall I went back to working full-time while my husband resolved to about a year off work to be home with our second child. Here in Finland, ...

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Daddy’s got this #3 – Let’s give fathers a real chance

March 14, 2018

Last fall I went back to working full-time while my husband resolved to about a year off work to be home with our second child. Here in Finland, ...

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Daddy’s got this #2 – A Roller Coaster Ride: Life Of A Stay-At-Home Dad

February 24, 2018

Last fall I went back to working full-time while my husband resolved to about a year off work to be home with our second child. Here in Finland, ...

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Paola

I was born and raised in Italy, now I live in the winter wonderland that is Finland. I worked as a mathematics researcher, an IT project manager, and now I work in global development. I love nature, reading books, playing boardgames, and eating good food. I am grateful to have three wonderful kids who call me "mamma". One came from my belly, the other two from fateful encounters.

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