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Raising Kids in Abu Dhabi: Adolescent Boredom and Expanded World Views?
“Abu Dhabi is a great place to raise kids,” said the repair guy in our New York apartment building, about a month before we shlepped ourselves and our two kids halfway around the world. “My brother and his family love it there,” he added. His words surprised me....
5 Reasons Moms Make Great Advocates
As the world struggles with the pandemic and increasing political division, it is more apparent than ever that government policies - local and global - greatly affect the fates of our families. Many moms have awakened to this reality and are trying to be strong...
A Writer’s Plight: Get Writing!
“SOMETHING WORTH DOING IS WORTH DOING BADLY” The Plight of Perfectionism Yes, you read that right: "Something WORTH doing is worth doing BADLY." When I first read that sentence in an email from one of my mentors, I thought that he had made a typo. Surely anything...
Fatigue: The Invisible Symptom of Covid-19
Fatigue. Sure, we all feel it now and again. But recently, I seem to encounter this word more than usual. It pops up on my Instagram feed and lingers in the air from overheard conversations at work. A few weeks ago, Singapore was even cited in an article as...
The Gift of Finding Yourself
“Sometimes you need a good challenge. Sometimes you need a great escape. Sometimes you need both.” The Joy of Planning a Trip Have you ever found, or perhaps re-found, yourself in travel? A few years ago, during an intense gym session in Krakow, Poland, my friend...
A Forever Friend Brought Me Out Of The Pandemic
I was on the road for my family’s much anticipated summer vacation when I received a text from my friend Amy, whom I had not seen in over a decade. She saw my post on social media about my destination, which is where she now lived, and asked if we could get together....
Sustainable Development Goal #3: Let’s Keep HUMANITY Alive
I underwent breast surgery last Monday and, as a mother of four, aged 12 to 2, I was terrified. Terrified not to be able to make it, terrified to be left with terrible injuries, terrified of being left with a disability. This terror was because I live in one of the...
World Moms for Sustainable Development Goals
World Moms Network Contributors talk about theist important Sustainable Development Goals for them.
World Mom: Elizabeth Atalay of The USA
To give our readers a glimpse into the world of our global writers we have introduced the Meet a World Mom series. As the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly gets underway in New York City, today World Moms Network interviews our former Managing Editor...
Acknowledging White Privilege
Being Latina AND white A few years ago, I wrote an article about being a white Latina. It didn't go down well. I've learned a lot about white privilege since then, and it's definitely made me see things differently. Through my erroneous view of how being a white...
Twenty Years On: Reflecting On 9/11
On September 11, 2001 - the day known to the world as 9/11 - I was a year into my new life in Canada. My office in the west end of Toronto had a perfect view of the Toronto skyline, including the distinctive CN Tower, then the tallest free-standing structure in the...
Self love is key of happiness
In a very fast pace world we lose connection with our true selves and we may become unaware of what really happiness means to us. Across my journey of growth and personal development I always came by the expression SELF LOVE. I remember very well the first time I...
#MeetAWorldMom: Karyn Willis of New Zealand
Who are the World Moms behind the posts? This is the first of many mini interviews with our World Moms contributors that we will be posting! We want, you, our readers to have a window into the life of our global writers! 🙂 First up is a longtime writer for our site,...
Haiti Earthquake: The Power of Sisterhood
Guest post by Nathalie Tancrede The Morning of the Haiti Earthquake On Saturday, August 14, 2021, while drinking coffee and scrolling through Facebook, I noticed a few alarming posts about an earthquake in Haiti. I immediately posted on my page, asking for...
Blended Family Rituals: about ice cream, mustard and goodnight wishes
The Glue that Binds If you ask about the glue that keeps our blended family together, I could reply with classics like ‘unconditional love’, ‘reciprocal respect’ or ‘bonding through fun’. All those are indeed values we hold high in our family of two plus two plus two....
Evolving Maturity: Sometimes 23, sometimes 3
“Why aren’t babies born with their own unique manuals?!” used to be my constant refrain during the growing-up years of Abhishek, my science-loving, planet-conscious geeky son. As infancy, toddlerhood, childhood and the pre-teens of this bursting-with-energy boy, gave...
Wonder Basket: Sustainable Cooking From The Heart Of Africa
Food. No matter what is going on all around us, we need food. Too often lack of food is what is going on in certain parts of the world, while where there is plenty, we might enjoy a morsel on our own or with our neighbors, family, or friends. I would like to ask you:...
Sitting with my feelings
Sitting with my feelings I consider myself a highly sensitive person.Some might even call me too sensitive. I cry easily when I watch movies and get teary eyed when something moves me. If you would have asked me, I would have said, that I was totally in touch with my...
UN Climate Report: Code Red for Humanity
On August 9th, 2021, the United Nations released their report on climate change. The news is not good BUT we still have time to turn things around…If.We.Act.Now!
Not What We Were Expecting
My 16-year-old son left for a summer study session this morning, only to message me from the train station thirty minutes later. Oops, it had been cancelled. Now a long day in the oppressing heat and humid hell of Japanese summer stretches long and lazily before us....
COVID-19 Vaccine: Listen Like Lives Depend on it
(Trigger warning: references to sexual abuse.) The United States is one of the few countries in the world providing the COVID-19 vaccine for anyone who wants it, yet our vaccination rate stagnates around 49%. America has lost precious ground against misinformation....
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