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What’s your mothering style?

January 29, 2010

An old friend of mine just sent a link around to this MotherStyles quiz and I found it really interesting. It’s a Myers-Briggs type quiz analyzing your mothering/parenting style.  Turns out I’m an INTP mom, or a “Love of Learning” mom, who excels at calmness, and fostering independence and love of learning, but struggles with routine […]

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My thoughts on being a stay at home mom

August 17, 2009

It seems we all here at Mamas Worldwide needed the summer off!  If you are interested in writing a guest post or possibly becoming a contributor, we welcome your interest, get more details on our contact page.
It’s been a good summer for us.  My son Oliver turned two and we’re still breastfeeding, two topics I want […]

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Book Review: Little Earthquakes

June 27, 2009

I’m not really a chick-lit fan, but when this book came up on offer in our reading group, something about it clicked with me and I decided to give it a try.  Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner is about four new moms adjusting to life with newborns.
I loved that the moms were dedicated to breastfeeding and […]

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Book Review – Maybe One

June 3, 2009

Being an only child requires patience. There’s a lot of explaining about not having siblings, and about whether that was “strange” and about how Disneyland might have been more fun with a sibling but if I’d had a sibling my parents couldn’t have afforded to take me to Disneyland. It requires listening to […]

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The SAH vs. working parent debate

May 10, 2009

Happy Mother’s Day!  Today, I’m up early and my guys are sleeping in, but that’s fine with me because I have a little time for myself.
My mother and I butted heads often when I was young, but becoming a mother myself, and moving to another country, just as she did, have really given me a lot […]

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Cultural Differences in Parenting

April 6, 2009

As the mixed race child of an Asian woman who married a caucasian American man and immigrated to the United States, who then herself married a German and moved to Germany (still with me?), I’ve been aware of cultural differences in parenting styles most of my life. I never really stopped to examine what role […]

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Book Review: Punished by Rewards

February 4, 2009

While browsing in a bookstore back in the US last November, I came upon the book Punished By Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn.  It sounded pretty interesting so I purchased it and pretty much devoured it.  Before writing a review, I figured I better […]

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