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The Double Culture Shock of Becoming a Mom While Living Abroad

By Olga Mecking — 2017

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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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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I Became a Mother at 25, and I’m Not Sorry I Didn’t Wait

No career comes without risk, but early career precarity and minimal savings certainly raise the stakes of having kids in one’s 20s.

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Elizabeth Bruenig
2021
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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 Was Taught that Therapy Was “Para Locos”—But the Pandemic Pushed Me to See It Differently

Eso es para locos. Esta generación... siempre inventando. These are the words I’d hear anytime I mentioned therapy or mental health growing up.

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Thatiana Diaz
2021
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For Asian Americans, Coming Out in 2019 Can Still Present Unique Challenges

A recent study found that only 19 percent of Asian American and Pacific Islander LGBTQ youth said they could “definitely” be themselves at home.

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Kevin Truong
2019
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Raising My Kids to Be Unapologetic American Muslims

Growing up, I practiced my faith quietly. Now I want my children to be loud about theirs.

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Dilshad D. Ali
2018
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How I’m Raising My Daughter to Be 100 Percent, Unapologetically Indigenous

I want my daughter to see that an Indigenous way of life isn’t an alternative lifestyle but a priority. It is essential, then, that I return to the parenting principles of my ancestors and consciously integrate Indigenous kinship practices into her childhood.

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Andrea Landry
2021
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7 Ways Being a Parent is Different Around the World

Parenthood doesn’t come with a rulebook. There does, however, seem to be a set of unofficial parenting guidelines, and they vary profoundly among different cultures.

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Olivia Young
2018
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11 Parenting Styles from Around the World

Parents from various parts of the globe have different ideas about how to raise the next generation. Here are some of the differences in parenting styles from around the world.

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Amy Morin
2020
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