child development

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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books, child development, expats, multicultural families, multilingualism, parenting

6 Reasons Why Reading to Children is a Parent’s Superpower

October 24, 2019

Recently fellow mom blogger Sarah Forestwood of Books and Beyond asked me to share why reading is important to our family. A book lover myself, I ...

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child development, health, parenting

Why I Believe Spanking Kids Is Wrong

February 15, 2019

Oh I will regret going into the wasps’ nest that this topic is. However, I think it could be interesting to comment on this, as I come from ...

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child development, crafts, events, finland, reviews

Contemporary Art and Children: Kiasma’s Workshop for Toddlers

February 11, 2019

It is very easy to find cultural activities for children in Finland, but it’s not so immediate to meet some which compromise between ...

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child development, finland, reading challenge

The Reading Challenge 2018, part V (final)

December 30, 2018

We are avid users of library services. We visit the local library weekly, have materials delivered (for free!), enjoy the children-friendly ...

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child development, digital parenting, mindfulness, reviews, self-care

Digital detox for parents

November 1, 2017

Digital parenting is a new trending niche in the parents’ world. The key question is how to allow our children to take advantage of the power of ...

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child development, reviews

My 10 best children books about feelings

October 25, 2017

Reading has a very important role in our family dynamics. I want to cultivate my kids’ love for books and I feel that starts from me and my ...

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child development, multilingualism, reviews

Book review of “Be bilingual”

September 6, 2017

As an expat family, we have to tackle the issue of bilingualism with our kids. The family language is Italian, while the community language is ...

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child development, finland, parenting

Her new social life… and my inability to deal with it

June 24, 2017

R. has turned four just few months ago. The leap came with a lot of new skills: she learned to bike without training wheels, and I can even trust ...

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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 consultant, and now I work as product owner. I love nature, reading books, playing boardgames, cooking and eating good food. I enjoy learning languages: I speak Italian, English, Finnish, Hindi, and I understand some Spanish. I am grateful to have three wonderful kids who call me "mamma". One came from my belly, the other two from fateful encounters.