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Attitudes toward multiracial Americans evolving

Posted in Articles, Biracial Children, Culture/Race Relations, tagged on July 17, 2008 | No Comments »

Article in USA Today from June, 2008

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International Children’s Digital Library

Posted in Books, Children's Books, tagged , on July 13, 2008 | No Comments »

Read children’s books online at ICDL.  This site allows you to search for books by country and includes books from many cultures.  I even found about 10 books that you can read online from SRI LANKA!!! (This NEVER happens outside of Sri Lanka itself…)  Definitely a must-visit for those with children…

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Linda Leigh Hargrove

Posted in Biracial Children, Books, Culture/Race Relations, Transracial Adoption, tagged , , on July 7, 2008 | No Comments »

Linda posted her book info on a comment on TLB… She’s a fiction writer who’s authored two books, The Making of Isaac Hunt and Loving Cee Cee Johnson. They look like compelling reads - if you’re a fan of fiction, check out her books here.

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Trilingual + 1

Posted in Bilingualism, Cultures, Families, Multiracial familes, Travel, tagged , , , , , on June 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Journeys of a Indonesian, French, English, and German speaking family.

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Bilingual in the Boonies

Posted in Bilingualism, Latino, tagged , on June 17, 2008 | No Comments »

Fun blog on raising kids bilingually in Spanish.  Author Carrie is Cuban-American from Miami, but lives in Tennessee.

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Make Affluence History

Posted in Families, Social Justice, tagged on June 2, 2008 | 6 Comments »

So it’s a bit tongue-in-cheek, but intriguing nonetheless!
The high living standards (read: mass consumption) of industrialized nations is subsidized by the very low (and lowering) living standards of underdeveloped nations. We rarely connect our wealth and the poverty of others. To make poverty history, we need to Make Affluence History.

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Who is Affected by your Intercultural Relationship?

Posted in Articles, Marriage, tagged on April 19, 2008 | No Comments »

Excellent article by blogger GoriGirl.

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Pakaboo Travels

Posted in Families, Travel, Websites, tagged , on April 19, 2008 | No Comments »

Blog about family traveling. Has a good article about dealing with jetlag in kids…

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From Tree Forts to Castles; one MK’s Transition Experience

Posted in Articles, Missionary Kids, tagged , , on April 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »

by Kathleen Johnson
One brisk October evening in 2005, my 12 year old son and I made a visit to our soon-to-be home in the Netherlands. As is the norm in Holland, our rental house had been stripped bare, leaving behind only dingy walls, cold cement floors and bare windows. Loose wires hung from the ceilings [...]

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MKPlanet

Posted in Missionary Kids, tagged , on April 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »

mkPLANET is a growing community design and run by current and former MKs and adult MKs providing information, interaction, and support

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