by Emmy Coffey McCarthy and Annebet van Mameren | Education
For an international parent, navigating the Dutch education system is daunting, particularly if your child has special educational needs. Here is our guide to getting the information and support you need in the Netherlands. Overview Wherever possible, children with...
by Emmy Coffey McCarthy | Child Care, Children, New to Amsterdam
Living in Amsterdam means that you have access to a large range of childcare, Dutch, English, bilingual. We chose to send our son to a Dutch daycare even though we don’t speak Dutch ourselves. Here’s why… When we got to his first birthday my son and...
by Tea Gudek Snajdar | Family Travel, Quick Travel Guides, Travel
Get ready for Vikings, palaces, sunken ships, storyland delights and plenty of green space! Tea Gudek Snajdar explored Sweden’s capital city and has lots of helpful tips to share about this very family-friendly city by the sea. Stockholm,...
by Editorial Team | Career, Mental Health
One brave mama shares how she used her burnout to find time for herself and create a new way of living. I am sure many of you have read the famous novel Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. There is a scene where the female protagonist starts crying in the bathroom...
by Marisa Rijpkema | Career
Our new columnist, Marisa, shares her journey as an expat mama building a new career for herself in a new country. Read on for an introduction to Marisa and how she got to this point – we’re sure many of you will relate! First I had a...