Call me Okaasan: adventures in multicultural mothering

Author: Suzanne Kamata

Language: English

Summary: What happens when your child doesn’t speak your native language? How do you maintain cultural traditions while living outside your native country? And how can you raise a child with two cultures without fracturing his/her identity? From our house to your house – to the White House – more and more mothers are facing questions such as these. Whether through intercultural marriage, international adoption or peripatetic lifestyles, families these days are increasingly multicultural. In this collection, women around the world, such as Xujun Eberlein, Violet Garcia-Mendoza, Rose Kent, Marie Lamba, Leza Lowitz, Holly Thompson, Saffia Farr, and others, ponder the unique joys and challenges of raising children across two or more cultures. Source: amazon.com

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Belonging Everywhere and Nowhere: Insights into Counseling the Globally Mobile

Author: Lois J. Bushong

Language: English

Summary: Bushong, a licensed marriage and family therapist, delves into this previously, unexplored world of how to effectively counsel clients raised outside of their parents’ home culture. The readers will discover what are the basic characteristics and counseling skills effective with Third Culture Kids (those who have spent the majority of their developmental years outside of their passport country). Because of the rapid growth of the expat community, counselors must look at the uniqueness of working with children who grow up as a Third Culture Kid, the common presenting issues for adults TCKs and what often lies hidden beneath the surface. The book is filled with practical examples, interesting stories, tips, charts, resources, theories, techniques and discussion questions for further study. Source: Amazon.com

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When Stars are Scattered

Author: Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

Language: English

Summary: Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, have spent most of their lives in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya. Life is hard there: never enough food, achingly dull, and without access to the medical care Omar knows his nonverbal brother needs. So when Omar has the opportunity to go to school, he knows it might be a chance to change their future . . . but it would also mean leaving his brother, the only family member he has left, every day.
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Per il mio bene

Author: Ema Stokholma

Language: Italiano

Summary: “Non sei mai al sicuro in nessun posto”, questo ha imparato Morwenn, una bambina di cinque anni. Perché Morwenn ha paura di un mostro, un mostro che non si nasconde sotto il letto o negli armadi, ma vive con lei, controlla la sua vita. Un mostro che lei chiama “mamma”. La persona che dovrebbe esserle più vicina, che dovrebbe offrirle amore e protezione e invece sa darle solo violenza e odio. La picchia, la insulta, le fa male sia nel corpo che nell’anima. A lei e a Gwendal, suo fratello, di pochi anni più grande. Morwenn prova a fuggire, ma la società non lascia che una bambina così piccola si allontani dalla madre, e tutti sembrano voltarsi dall’altra parte davanti alle scenate, ai “conti che si faranno a casa”, ai lividi. Così, aspettando e pregando per una liberazione, Morwenn imparerà a mettere su una corazza, a rispondere male ai professori, a trovare una nuova famiglia e un primo amore in un gruppo di amici, a usare la musica per isolarsi e proteggersi. Finché, compiuti quindici anni, riuscirà finalmente a scappare di casa e a intraprendere il percorso, fatto di tentativi ed errori, che la porterà a diventare Ema Stokholma, amatissima dj e conduttrice radiofonica.

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Human Library – Day 3

Check out the calendar for today’s Human Books. Angela Maragh, My learning journey Tommaso Maggio, Un libro con papà durante il lockdown Rosa Voto, La danza che unisce Cristina Colli, Identità in viaggio, riflessioni sull’adozione internazionale Ottavio Bonaccorsi, Ristorazione e intercultura Simona Anedda, La mia vita in viaggio Richard Kintu, My multicultural experience between continents Raphaelle De Groot, Come un libro d’arte Franco Aloisio, Ali … Continue reading Human Library – Day 3

Human Library – Day 2

Check out the calendar for today’s Human Books. Morgan Cooper, Creative Entrepreneurship in Occupied Palestine Salvatore Canzio, Cantare la diversità Marissa Verma, Come learn about Noongar country Laura Chula, A fashion social company and cultural hub in Hanoi Francesca Baronio, Giornalismo e espatrio a seguito Gianluca Pardelli, Fotografando l’ex Unione Sovietica Lucio Cascavilla, Rispediti al mittente: un documentario sulla Sierra Leone Juliette McAndrew, Being Juliette: … Continue reading Human Library – Day 2