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My Family and Other Globalizers | How to get the kids to clean up? Do as the Japanese schools do
Cleaning up, well and often, is one piece of the Japanese archipelago that I am trying to ensure my boys carry within them always.
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My Family and Other Globalizers | When children learn how to negotiate for more money
How much would you pay to prolong your children's belief - in fairies / Santa Claus / mama’s ability to kiss and make everything better?
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Where to find dragons and 4 more unforgettable holiday experiences
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Eating out in Japan: 8 things to know before you place your order at a Japanese restaurant
Types of eateries in Japan from Izakayas to ramen shops and specialty restaurants, how to order, what to get, how to eat it, and how much to tip.
LIFESTYLE
My Family and Other Globalizers | Thinking about babies? First, embrace the cats
Whether or not you choose to have children of your own, pets are the right gateway to help practise at being parents, and learn a thing or two about care and discipline.
LIFESTYLE
My Family and Other Globalizers | How to teach kids good touch, bad touch
It’s important to talk to your child about the difference from a young age and to stand up for them if they are made uncomfortable by the attentions of a stranger.
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Easter in Mallorca, where processional robes are eerily reminiscent of the Ku Klux Klan
In the global imagination, Easter might conjure images of bunnies and chocolate eggs, but in Spain, melancholy is the dominant mood.
LIFESTYLE
My Family and Other Globalizers | What ‘father effect’ is: High time men became daddies of parenting
Society has done a better job of integrating women into the workplace than men into families. Research has shown that boys lean on their fathers more than anyone else when it comes to the development of their social skills.
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My Family and Other Globalizers | Pregnant in Beijing, during the 2008 Olympics
On baby names and Rafael Nadal, endless suggestions on what to eat during pregnancy, and arriving at an answer to what unites us on earth - irrespective of nationality.
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My Family and Other Globalizers | World's safest country to bring up kids?
More than 55,000 Seven Elevens, Family Marts and other convenience stores punctuate Japanese cities, and any lost or distressed child can ask to use the phone at one of these stores. They can then wait there until a parent arrives to collect them...
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On the paella trail in Valencia, Spain
Valencia regularly makes it to the top of lists for most liveable cities, a case in point being the recent Expat City Ranking 2022, by InterNations.
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My Family and Other Globalizers | Couples around the world are choosing not to have kids. And yet...
So much of the joy of parenting can't be captured in words.
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My Family and Other Globalizers | Women's Day: Create a pause for thought for your children
It's not boys' fault that they are born male, but it's important to make them self-aware of their privilege which comes with certain responsibilities for creating change. Start the education early on.
TRAVEL
My Family and Other Globalizers | Converting to the camel in Rajasthan
Camel milk ice cream, camel hair blankets, camel bone artifacts: there's a whole world of camel commerce out there.
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My Family and Other Globalizers | The problem with schools
If the modern workplace is at cross-purposes with feminism, so are schools.
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My Family and other Globalizers | How to show young children you understand them
Early childhood problems expert Harvey Karp wrote that toddlers find it upsetting when their demands, which to them feel like visceral needs, are met with calm and logic - as though their feelings are not getting across.
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Ultimate guide to Madrid, Spain
Besides the great food, art, and shopping, Madrid’s real USP is the infectious energy of its streets.
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My Family and Other Globalizers | Travel - before and after having kids
If you thought a plane ride away from the kids would be the answer to sleepless nights and wolfed down meals...
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Belgian chocolates, Bruges lace, Bollywood dreams and the world's first stock exchange
Plus, the Benedictine nuns offer a looking glass through which to peer through the centuries, to the beginnings of what was arguably the first feminist movement in the world.
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My Family and Other Globalizers | Battle cry of the global Indian mom: when in doubt, take them out
How to get the kids to leave their rooms (and video games), to experience the world.
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How to describe Naples, Italy? It's like Calcutta, with Baroque
Walking the streets of Naples is like taking a masterclass in European art and architecture - all framed by drying laundry, punctuated by the aroma of pizza and watched over by the brooding Mt Vesuvius.
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My Family and Other Globalizers | What no one tells us about parenting - seriously
The future of human procreation probably depends on the omission of certain choice details. But your columnist is a journalist devoted to the truth.
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Insider's travel guide to Tokyo, where the humble can be as impressive as the haute
Tokyo’s duality is inescapable. The city belongs to both the robots and the Gods; to the otakus (nerds) as much as to the salarymen; and to the cicadas as much as the shinkansen (bullet trains).
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My Family and Other Globalizers | Enjoy being bad at new things, and more tips for 40 somethings
Things to do in middle age, once the insecurities and overwrought emotions of youth have been navigated, and worries about universities and jobs are mostly in the rearview.
