by Donna Bardsley | Education, New to Amsterdam, Podcast
Conversations with two Amsterdam Mamas making a difference for families with differently-wired kids In this episode, we interview two parents raising neurologically-atypical children in the Amsterdam Mamas community. We touch on both their of their choices to move to...
by Donna Bardsley | Education, New to Amsterdam, Podcast
In part two of our education series, we explore new and interesting innovations in Amsterdam. We’re featuring two movers and shakers in the field of education, who also happen to members of the Amsterdam Mamas community. We talk with Jessika Lynch from...
by Donna Bardsley | Education, New to Amsterdam, Podcast
In this episode, we talk to Mischa Rus about the practical issues of school choice in Amsterdam, how the lottery and placement system has changed in recent years, and how the system currently stands. Mischa Rus is a concerned parent in Amsterdam, active for freedom of...
by Donna Bardsley | Family Travel, Legal, Podcast, Travel
The confusion around traveling internationally is one of most common topics in the Amsterdam Mamas Facebook group. And the answers get complicated very quickly. In this episode, we bring on Ian Curry-Sumner, a freelance consultant in international family...
by Donna Bardsley | Legal, Podcast
The Hague Convention of 1980 is perhaps the most important legal issue for international families that most of us are only vaguely aware of. Simply put, it is intended to protect children from international child abduction. But for some parents, the implications of...
by Donna Bardsley | New to Amsterdam, Podcast
Our second episode of the Amsterdam Mamas Podcast was about the EU refugee crisis, where we featured the story of a Syrian man who came to Amsterdam via a smuggler’s boat on the Mediterranian. If you haven’t heard that episode, you can listen to it here. To protect...