Month: July 2020

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  Homeschooling in Nature’s Classroom

  June started homeschooling her son during the COVID-19 crisis and shares a nature activity that she created to teach her son about colors and animals that live in a stream.By Warunya (June) Soontorntae   Sometimes we pay a lot of money so that our children can be happy. But sometimes happiness comes in a very simple […]
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  I Am A Woman, Hear Me Roar!

  Shaz Lalji explains how we can empower the next generation to lead an equitable future through education, sharing our stories, and celebrating each other’s successes!  By Shaz Lalji  For generations, women have been fighting for empowerment. Even something as basic as voting was non-existent for women for so long. As far as we have come, […]
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  Feelings of Loss As An Expat Mom 

  This is Mareike’s personal account on how she empathized with her daughter losing a friend who’s relocating and how she dealt with it.  By Mareike Schoenig  Being an expat is all about meeting all kinds of people. We meet them, get to know them, enjoy every moment together, and eventually create a bond and become […]
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  Bringing Up Children with Optimism and Hope

  Alessandra talks about the importance of nurturing optimism and hope in children and ways to do that.  By Alessandra C Marazzi  It seems to me that in today’s age, a little optimism and hope are badly needed, especially when we are talking about instilling those qualities in the generation of people who will inherit this […]
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  How COVID-19 Is Impacting Pregnancy

  Midwife Emma McNerlin examines the emerging evidence surrounding COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2) and pregnancy and how being pregnant in a pandemic may affect your plan for birth. By Emma McNerlin  As we welcomed in 2020, little did we know that life as we knew it was about to change. On 5 January, the World Health Organisation reported a […]
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  Reclaim the Joy in Parenting Through Connection

  The ability to love a child and to enjoy being a parent is present within each of us but sometimes we need to rekindle things in our routine to grow a stronger connection with our child.  By Sonali Vongchusiri  Connection. For me, this can be a big, loaded word. When my first was born, I […]