by Kate Berger | Life in Amsterdam, Travel
Planning a visit to your homeland? Our resident Child Psychologist, Kate Berger, MSC, offers some sound advice for helping children adapt to their new (or old) surroundings. During the school holidays, many international families pack up and head back to their...
by Kittie Ansems | Children, Life in Amsterdam, Pregnancy, Teenagers
Is there such a thing as over-parenting? Take comfort in these lessons from a traditionally Dutch mode of parenting, where less is more. Culture is Relative Culture has a big impact on how we raise our children and no culture gets everything right. I used to...
by Editorial Team | Child Care, Children, New to Amsterdam
All childcare in the Netherlands needs to be approved and registered by the Ministry of Health. There is a national database of registered childcare which you can reference at any time. To understand how to use it, read on. All childcare facilities in the Netherlands...
by Reema Nagpal | Climate Series, Life in Amsterdam, Living Sustainably, Sustainability Series
We have all heard about global warming and the efforts being made to keep global warming below the 1.5 degree mark. But what exactly does that mean and how can we be a part of saving our planet? Reema Nagpal explains what the 1.5 threshold means, and shares a guide on...
by Willem de Boer | Ask the Expert, Do You Need Help, Legal, New to Amsterdam
Dutch legal expert Willem de Boer helps explain legal aid in the Netherlands. The Raad voor Rechtsbijstand (Legal Aid Board) was instituted by the Minister of Justice (Lord High Chancellor). Its aim is to make sure you will have legal representation should you require...