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Moniku, a New Service for Multicultural Families in Espoo

August 27, 2020

Moniku is a novel service for multicultural families and parents of small children living in Espoo, Finland. I interviewed Alba, one of the ...

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expats, finland, Lifestyle, multicultural families, reviews, travel in finland

5 Activities to Experience Summer in ‘Finnish style’

June 9, 2020

When I mention I live in Finland, people picture me equipped with a furry coat, scarf, and hat and enveloped in darkness all year round. While ...

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child development, expats, multicultural families, multilingualism

Bilingual Kids – Our Experience Teaching a Second Language

June 1, 2020

I write this post as we complete our first year homeschooling R on Italian language. I am proud of her and us for sticking to it, and proud of ...

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expats, finland, life, multicultural families, parenting, self-care

Support for Families in Finland – Resources and Services

May 20, 2020

Sometime families need a little help coping with the challenges of life. There is no shame in that, in fact I am open to admit we used help in ...

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expats, finland, multicultural families, self-care

Kamalat äidit®, support for mothers of teenagers in Finland

May 5, 2020

If you think babies and toddlers are a handful, wait for the teen years. U is 12 now, technically still a preteen but shows signs of early ...

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expats, finland, life, multicultural families

Need a Hand with Childcare? Nordic Nannies is Here to Help

February 9, 2020

Today I want to share about Mareena, an entrepreneur in Finland, and her business Nordic Nannies. I think her services will speak to many of my ...

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expats, finland, Lifestyle, multicultural families, self-care, working mom

Expat Families: How To Build A Support Network

December 5, 2019

Today a fellow expat mom in Finland published a question on a closed Facebook group: how to build a support network to make an expat family ...

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books, child development, expats, multicultural families, multilingualism, parenting

6 Reasons Why Reading to Children is a Parent’s Superpower

October 24, 2019

Recently fellow mom blogger Sarah Forestwood of Books and Beyond asked me to share why reading is important to our family. A book lover myself, I ...

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adoption, finland, multicultural families

International Adoptions In Finland Dropped: This Is Really Why

August 7, 2019

Who’s ready for a rant? Today news came out that international adoptions dropped to a historical low in Finland. When I read that, I was ...

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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.