Yoshito from Multilingual_dad (on Instagram) interviewed me about my multilingual journey and how I raise my children with multiple languages and cultures. We talk about how to manage multiple languages, the sense of identity – in which language and culture or languages and cultures (plural!) we and our children feel mostly “at home” – […]
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A reading pen for multilingual families
When Joie shared with me her project of creating a tool for multilingual families that would make reading to their children easier, I was hooked. For parents to record their own voices while reading their children’s books in all their languages was something I wished existed when my children were toddlers! Especially the possibility for […]
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How to deal with different coping styles
When Carolyn Parse Rizzo from Interval Coaching talked about coping styles on the FIGT (Families in Global Transition) facebook group, I thought about what coping styles my family and I have. We may all experience that family members, friends, colleagues etc. are dealing with the current COVID19 situation, or any kind of difficult and unforeseeable […]
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How to deal with negative comments about one of our cultures
Every person that has spent some time abroad has probably made this experience. It can either be during a vacation or during a long(er) stay in another country. Someone just says something judgmental about our culture, our nationality, the way we look or dress, the way we speak or the way we do things, and […]
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Conversations when meeting family and friends “back home”…
Internationals sometimes ask me about how one can make sure that during our stays “back home” we have meaningful conversations with our family and friends? Many internationals spend hours in planes, trains, cars, wait in long lines – in traffic, airports, train stations etc…. – having their journeys delayed on their way “back home” or […]
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