Thanks so much April from California for taking the time to post your 5-Star Review! Sharing your experience with Growing Up Global means the world to me! I am truly grateful… I consider myself to be one of Homa’s most enthusiastic (and hungry) students. I’ve never been outside of North America, and although I live…
I really appreciated KJ Dell’Antonia’s Motherlode Post “Celebrating Chinese New Year with My Adopted Daughter” where she shares honest thoughts about being Caucasian raising a Chinese-born adopted daughter along with three other biological children. The annual Chinese New Year’s festivities and her pledge to honor her daughter’s birth heritage spurred the reflection which is worth…
I was so honored to be featured in the latest issue of Brilliant Star magazine. Here’s a blurb I wrote about what I think of this publication: “My daughters range in age from elementary school to college. We’ve been reading Brilliant Star magazine for at least ten years, and the excitement of getting each new…
The December 2011 issue of Parents Magazine featured a story on global learning for families, drawing from a number of experts in the field, like the inspiring Dana Mortenson of World Savvy. I was honored to be contacted for the story, and that the title of the story ended up being the subtitle of Growing…
(This piece has been featured on the Homepage of ABC’s Million Moms Challenge; with the full text on the blog here, on the Huffington Post, in Global Giving’s news and below.) Feeling the pressure of tighter consumer spending, giant retailers catering to bargain hunters will open earlier than ever this Black Friday, on Thanksgiving Thursday. …
In honor of World Food Day, ABC News’ Million Moms Challenge asked me to write a piece that helps parents relate to the meaning of World Food Day and day-to-day concerns for their own families. Here’s the link to the piece: World Food Day and Beyond – 5 Steps to Raising an Adventurous and Healthy…
