expats, finland, multicultural families
You Can Help Families Hit by COVID in Finland with Hope Yhdistys
Covid has hit the whole world and I know many people reading this post have lost dear ones, jobs, money, health, routines, and so on. Some ...
multicultural families
expats, finland, life, multicultural families
Being a Support Family in Finland (as Foreigners)
This might be my post with the biggest time lag between intention and actual execution. It’s not that I lacked motivation to write it, but ...
expats, finland, multicultural families
Moniku, a New Service for Multicultural Families in Espoo
Moniku is a novel service for multicultural families and parents of small children living in Espoo, Finland. I interviewed Alba, one of the ...
finland, food, health, Lifestyle, sustainability
Urban Farming in Helsinki: Syötava Puisto
A growing number of families try to live more sustainably. There is nothing more sustainable than growing your own food. Thanks to Syötävä ...
expats, finland, Lifestyle, multicultural families, reviews, travel in finland
5 Activities to Experience Summer in ‘Finnish style’
When I mention I live in Finland, people picture me equipped with a furry coat, scarf, and hat and enveloped in darkness all year round. While ...
child development, expats, multicultural families, multilingualism
Bilingual Kids – Our Experience Teaching a Second Language
I write this post as we complete our first year homeschooling R on Italian language. I am proud of her and us for sticking to it, and proud of ...
expats, finland, life, multicultural families, parenting, self-care
Support for Families in Finland – Resources and Services
Sometime families need a little help coping with the challenges of life. There is no shame in that, in fact I am open to admit we used help in ...
expats, finland, multicultural families, self-care
Kamalat äidit®, support for mothers of teenagers in Finland
If you think babies and toddlers are a handful, wait for the teen years. U is 12 now, technically still a preteen but shows signs of early ...
expats, finland, Lifestyle, multicultural families, self-care, working mom
Expat Families: How To Build A Support Network
Today a fellow expat mom in Finland published a question on a closed Facebook group: how to build a support network to make an expat family ...