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Christine Gross-Loh

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Recent blog posts written by Christine Gross-Loh

Create a Culture of Reading at Home

Do you have independent readers? Do you ever wonder how best to support their growing relationship with reading? My friend Laura Simeon, a school librarian who has helped foster a love of books in many children, including my own, joins me today to chat about ways parents can create a culture of reading at home. [...]

September 20, 2011 Written by General

We Are All Habiba

Habiba is a Morroccan immigrant mother in Madrid, Spain who sought shelter in the Minor and Family Institute (IMMF) after leaving an abusive family situation. On May 30, 2011, her 15 month old breastfeeding daughter, Alma, was taken from her on the basis that Habiba was providing inadequate, “chaotic,” and harmful care to her. The [...]

June 23, 2011 Written by Breastfeeding , General , Global , Motherhood , Single Motherhood

Talking to children about natural disasters

- A few days ago I woke up to an email from my husband, who is in Japan on business. There was a massive earthquake today, but I’m OK. I hit my head and we were under tables for ten minutes but we’re OK. As I started looking at news sites, the extent of what happened [...]

March 14, 2011 Written by Global , Motherhood

The Finnish Baby Box

I’ve long been fascinated by motherhood around the world. What is it like to birth in another country? What’s the lore on starting solids in another culture? How do children play in other countries? How do they sleep and who sleeps with them? How do cultural or societal supports ease the transition to new parenthood? [...]

March 2, 2011 Written by General , Global

Celebrating milestones

In our family, birthday season lasts from August to November and, if we count kids and adults alike, we’re packing six birthdays into a few short months (my efforts to conceive at least one spring baby obviously were futile). This means we celebrate someone’s birthday every few weeks. With so many birthdays clustered together, it [...]

November 19, 2010 Written by Crafts , Global , Motherhood