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Is 40 Weeks the Ideal Maternity Leave Length?

By Sharon Lerner — 2011

Long leaves are good for both babies and mothers, but extra-long leaves may not be, and other surprising lessons from Europe.

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The Double Culture Shock of Becoming a Mom While Living Abroad

You’ve probably heard of culture shock, the feeling of disorientation a person feels when faced with another culture, way of life, or set of attitudes. For me, it was twofold: I was in a new country and I was a new mom, two ways in which my own life suddenly felt utterly unfamiliar.

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Olga Mecking
2017
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6 Tips for Navigating Intercultural Relationships

Although people all around can communicate in the language of love, differences in culture contribute to things getting lost in translation. Unless your life exists on the set of a Disney movie, love and an open mind are not enough to overcome the issues that arise in intercultural relationships.

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Vianca Masucci
2015
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In Love and Relationships, Family of Origin Matters

Whether we were raised in a family we are proud of or one we don’t get along with, our family life is a unique culture that leaves its imprint on us.

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Kelsey T. Chun
2018
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How Cultures Around the World Think About Parenting

What can American parents learn from how other cultures look at parenting? A look at child-rearing ideas in Japan, Norway, Spain—and beyond

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Amy S. Choi
2014
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Parenting a Third Culture Kid

Third Culture Kids (TCKs): Children who don’t identify with a single culture, but have a more complicated identity forged from their experiences as global citizens.

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Elke Robshaw
2015
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Our Children Are Growing Up Straddling Two Different Cultures—and It’s Not Always Easy

Our child is not just one of us. He is both of us. He is both our cultures. And as a family, we are both cultures together.

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Erinn Pages
2020
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Two New Moms Return to Work—One in Seattle, One in Stockholm

Sarah-in-Seattle and Sarah-in-Stockholm are both white, middle-class, married, professional women with babies and toddlers at home. But their experiences as working mothers returning to work after giving birth could not have been more different.

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Caitlyn Collins
2020
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I Knew I Wasn’t What My Future Mother-in-Law Wanted

I’d never felt so white in my life—and that was before she saw me completely naked.

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Amy Jo Burns
2017
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: My Very Muslim Christmas

On the one hand, Americans see themselves as the great international melting pot that welcomes huddled masses of all religions and ethnic backgrounds. On the other hand, they’re terrified that too much diversity mixed in the pot will dilute our white Christian majority.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2015
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Latino Activists Push for Solidarity with Black Community as They Confront Racism

Many Latino activists have sought to create understanding for Black Lives Matter within their community by emphasizing the societal inequalities both groups face and how their prosperity is tied.

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Leila Miller
2020
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