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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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favorites, parenting

#COVID19 Parenting Resources Roundup

April 20, 2020

Here we are, having practiced social distancing for 5 weeks and counting, crushed by the uncertainty of when this will be over and how will the ...

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child development, crafts, Lifestyle

Are You Not Entertained? – Ideas for Quarantined Parents #COVID

March 23, 2020

A friend texted me “it won’t be the coronavirus killing me, it’s gonna be this homeschooling bit!”. After 10 days in ...

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finland, health, life, Lifestyle, parenting, self-care

10 Low-Cost Activities in Helsinki to Keep Your Family Healthy #HelsinkiLiikkuu

February 4, 2020

In recent years, concerning statistics have highlighted health and weight issues plaguing children and families in Finland. The number of ...

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life, Lifestyle, parenting

Raising World Changers – Episode 1

January 23, 2020

To the day, no country on the planet is close to achieve gender equality and it’s estimated that at the current rate we’ll get there ...

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child development, health, life, parenting, self-care

Bored Child, Sane Parent

January 18, 2020

This entry is inspired by a recent article by Rebecca Onion titled Playtime Is Over!, posted in a Facebook group of local moms. The article ...

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child development, health, parenting

How To Foster Self-Esteem in Kids in an Early Age – guest post by Elkyra Park

December 22, 2019

I am a master in complimenting my 3-year old kiddo. Just yesterday, I cheered and patted him in the back when he successfully put his dirty ...

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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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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.