We explain Sweden
Reflections on Motherhood. If you have ever felt that your parental skills are questionable. Read this and feel better. Why am I such a terrible Mother? I could shoot myself today, rip out my tongue and stick pins in my eyes. I just sent a text to my only child who is living very far […]
Have you recently moved to Sweden or planning to do so, and wonder what parenthood here will be like? Or have you been living here for a while and are planning to have children? Are you an immigrant parent in Sweden with a young child and wonder what other parents in your situation experience? This […]
Have you recently moved to Sweden or planning to do so, and wonder what parenthood here will be like? Or have you been living here for a while and are planning to have children? Are you an immigrant parent in Sweden with a young child and wonder what other parents in your situation experience? This […]
If you had just moved to Sweden, with small kids, it’s just a matter of time until your kids gushing about Swedish children’s books icons relentlessly. Like me, three years back, you may never have heard some of them. So here I compile the list of Swedish children’s books icons you may need to know […]
I often say to myself, when you’re a parent, life is what happened between fresh brewed coffee in the morning and reheated coffee in the afternoon: you barely have time to enjoy your coffee, decently 😀 Especially when you live away from home, far from the supporting system called family, the struggle is real. Luckily […]
If you’ve recently learned that you’re expecting, congratulations! If this is your first rodeo and you’ve got a disability that you’re worried could affect your ability to parent, there are plenty of things you can do to ease your transition to parenthood. Home Preparation Chances are that if you’ve lived with a disability for a […]
Pregnancy and childbirth can make any new mom nervous, but for disabled parents, the worry can be even greater. However, with proper planning and the right nursery items, you can make your home safe for baby and more convenient for yourself. What To Prepare Before Baby Comes For your baby’s arrival, you want to make […]
If you are arriving in Sweden with a baby or young child, you will no doubt be keen to find activities to fill their days with almost from the get go. Sweden’s fantastic network of öppna förskolor (open preschools) can be a wonderful place to start. Open preschools (sometimes known in English as ‘stay and […]
You never want to start a new chapter in your life or an exciting adventure thinking about the worst, or what could go wrong. It seems almost fateful to even indulge the consequences of what would happen if your family’s immigration didn’t work out. It’s a reality that even the most pragmatic amongst us shuns. […]
Sweden has some of the most generous paid parental leave policies in the world, and as a newbie in Sweden, chances are likely that you have moved from a country with less generous parental leave (or no paid parental leave in my case). When you see 480 days to be divided between you and your […]
