Month: May 2020

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  BAMBI News May 2020

  View PDF Welcome to May, the month to celebrate family. Although Coronavirus has forced BAMBI to cancel all events, playgroups and activities, we are using this time to consider how we can better serve our members and the community at large. This has given us the time to donate to local charities, many of which are suffering […]
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  Juggling Marriage, Motherhood & Entrepreneurship

  Being a wife and mother with a professional career is no serene sunset stroll. However, as Sirilak Narongtanupone will tell you, no experience in the world is more rewarding than juggling marriage, entrepreneurship and the call of motherhood.  By Sirilak Narongtanupone  Life has a knack of throwing up surprises. Often these can alter the course […]
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  What Babies Can Teach Adults About Living a Healthy Life

  Learning is a two-way street. If babies learn from adults so can adults too. Here are some lovely lessons for adults to learn from babies.  By Henrik Olofsson  Although babies are highly dependent on having adults around as they grow up – to raise, feed and protect them – learning should not just be a […]
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  READER’S CORNER: May 2020

  Need some book recommendations for your child and for parents? Here are some titles picked by Kinokuniya for BAMBI families. (Japanese books follow the English titles. 日本語の本もお見逃しなく☆) For Kids I Can Be Anything Author: Shinsuke Yoshitake It’s time for bed, but Natsumi has a brilliant idea, even better than going to sleep: She’ll pretend to […]
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  Quick Recycled Materials Activities for Quarantine

  Need new ideas to entertain the little ones who are stuck indoors? Crafty mom Sara might have just saved your sanity with these simple ideas that literally use items you would normally throw away!  By Sara Jadiya Chow  Here are three easy recycled material activities anyone can make to bust the kid’s boredom as we […]
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  Discovering a New Me: My Struggles During Seven Years of Life Abroad キャリアを手放して、新しく見つけたもの 〜私の7年間の海外帯同生活〜

    Moving overseas to accompany a spouse can feel like a “career blank” for many professional women, but their experiences of finding a new path always encourage us. Here is another story by Kanako Okubo about how she discovered a new “self” after years of challenges.   By Kanako Okubo / Translated by Hanae Matsumura[日本語記事へ]   I […]