The world truly is not sensitive to families’ needs, where no city or neighbourhood has thought of putting together a service for working parents so they can shop easily on Saturdays while their children play in a center designed to welcome them.
True, isn’t it strange this isn’t here yet? Could it be too many men […]
The French are so spoiled. I didn’t consider myself spoiled before coming to the US, mind you. I thought I was paying so many taxes to the government, giving away all that hard earned cash to health care, social security, retirement and unemployment benefits for the unemployed plumbers of our land. But I was in fact, spoiled. Spoiled and nurtured like a baby, really. I didn’t need to think one instant about going to see a doctor or a dentist. I knew I wouldn’t have to pay a dime, and the doctor would normally see me within one to 3 days if there were an emergency. He might even come to my home if I requested it.
When you’re an English-speaking expat, it’s hard to find good, fun and educational reading for your children in their native toungue, for ages 1 and above. Here’s what I know as one from the publishing world with a UK, US and Canadian view (sorry, don’t know about Australia right now).
The web did not catch on in France as it did in the US.. No wonder…
Individuals disregard technology and newness in general
Although the French are brilliant at building major technology infrastructure, at the personal level, they are technophobes. Just the idea of voice mail and answering machines has not yet made its way into the majority of people’s minds, even in a professional setting..
First of all, this title is misleading. I don’t mean it’s an adventure to give birth or even to raise a child, (although it is also). I mean, it’s an adventure to have kids if you intend to continue working, going out, or buying those things you appreciate in the US! That’s because adequate, affordable childcare and schooling are not a given here.
* One is the YummymummyCareers site out of Canada (my home and not native land)
Based on the great idea that moms who dropped out of work to better care for their children ( and keep some sanity on their lives) may just feel the need to go back to wortk after the wee years of their children (say till age 3) have passed, this site offers jobs targeted to them - which do NOT include changing diapers.
* Other piece of news is I’ve noticed the San Francisco Chronicle site has a blog for parents, very humourously called The Poop!
Have you ever read or heard from others- usually working parents or mature adults- that, as a parent, and particularly a stay-at-home parent (and often a mom), you’re “doing the most important job“? Well, I know that deciding as a couple to raise happy, self-confident, open-minded, and healthy children, is one the most beautiful and […]
On a higher plane, newspapers and radios would include in their regular news, the way sports results are blasted out to our ears every fifteen minutes, information that'd be relevant to parents, such as school and day care rankings, missing children info, parents having found a great way to manage their work and family life, etc… I suggest The Chronicle call this daily or weekend section Family Matters (duh)…
I just posted a question on educational products for kids in Yahoo Answers. Pretty neat, I must say! I’m jealous of course as the one behind the Frenchparents site, because my first goal in creating this platform was to enable parents ( like me) to easily find answers to questions they had on raising and caring for their children, from birth to adolescence. This is the member-only Recommendations area of the site.
