The other day, I was going over archives on our website. I realized we had so little content on the Mid-Autumn Festival! So, after consulting our editing team, we decided to give you more information about this wonderful celebration. While there is a lot of material on the festival online, I would like to cover […]
Mid-Autumn Festival: Keeping Family Traditions Read More »
“Who are you?” I was asked this with a smirk in a bus going to school when I was ten. That smirk turned into bewildered amusement when I explained my birth and formative years in Kuwait and my parents, who were from different states. Cut to years later, in college, someone asked, “So, you roam
Raising Resilient Third Culture Kids: Combat Bullying with Confidence Read More »
In the world of single-parent households, a unique story unfolds. When a family is infused with the richness of multicultural backgrounds, we embark on a journey that requires a delicate balance of embracing diversity and fostering a strong sense of identity in each family member, including the children. This story begins with a Taiwanese mother
Fostering Cultural Identity in Single-Parent Multicultural Families Read More »
My own blog, Creative World of Varya, started 13 years ago when my oldest daughter was 1.5 years old. For years my focus was on younger children and babies but now my own children are older. Even though I continue working with families with young children, I am on a constant lookout for resources for
Supporting Multicultural Teens and Pre-teens Read More »
At the start of our journey raising multilingual children, it is often clear that we want our children to understand and speak our language(s) to connect with us and our family. When we live abroad, we also often want to pass on our culture and repeat the traditions we grew up with…because they are part
Using Literacy to Build Multilingual Identity Read More »
