The Elephant Mum - a multicultural family adventure

Teaching Children To Apologise

April 24, 2021

Recently my birth country was hit by a racism scandal where two popular TV hosts made inappropriate and racist remarks (“jokes”) ...

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adoption, life, multicultural families, parenting

Transracial Adoption – 3 Must-Watch Videos

April 19, 2021

Race and cultural heritage are two topics our family is actively learning on, especially in relation to transracial adoption. I recently wrote a ...

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books, interviews, multicultural families, multilingualism

Elefante y Topo: 11-Year Old Sheylan Wrote Her First Book

April 2, 2021

Sheylan is a talented 11-year-old girl and she is pursuing a project: publishing her first book. Sheylan lives in a multilingual family in ...

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adoption, india adoption, life, multicultural families

Adoption and Cultural Identity: Tips for Parents

March 13, 2021

In a recent post, I have shared some reflections on my own cultural identity and how I set to help my children build theirs. Cultivating our ...

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adoption, multicultural families, parenting

Transracial Adoption: Would You Adopt a Child of A Different Race?

January 30, 2021

Most adoption applicants get asked if they are willing to adopt a child of a different race and many take this question as “Are you capable of ...

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adoption, expats, finland, life, multicultural families, multilingualism, parenting

Cultural Identity and Expat Parent Grief

January 16, 2021

Today I want to share part of my personal journey as an immigrant. I hope this will be useful to other expats, to people living in a ...

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digital parenting, health, Lifestyle, parenting

Too Much Screen Time: Tips to Limit Your Child’s Screen Time

January 5, 2021

Are you worried your child is doing too much screen time? Following a very interesting discussion on my Instagram, I have decided to collect some ...

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child development, digital parenting, health, parenting

Protecting Kids in the Digital World – a guest post

January 2, 2021

How can we keep our children safe in the digital world? I am aware many parents struggle with this question. Every time I share digital parenting ...

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expats, finland, life, multicultural families

Finland Through Expat Eyes: My Advent Calendar on Finland (Part 4)

December 29, 2020

It’s time to wrap up my advent calendar on Finland. This series was originally released as daily videos on my IGTV channel. Videos are in ...

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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.

The First Trip Back To India

Smartphones And Kids in Finland

Coming Back To Blogging

#IAmAntiracist – Antiracism In Our Transracial Family

Zero Waste in Finland: A Few Months Into Our Journey

Teaching Children To Apologise

Transracial Adoption – 3 Must-Watch Videos

Elefante y Topo: 11-Year Old Sheylan Wrote Her First Book

Adoption and Cultural Identity: Tips for Parents

Transracial Adoption: Would You Adopt a Child of A Different Race?

Cultural Identity and Expat Parent Grief

Too Much Screen Time: Tips to Limit Your Child’s Screen Time

Protecting Kids in the Digital World – a guest post

Finland Through Expat Eyes: My Advent Calendar on Finland (Part 4)