Does this look familiar? A row of teenagers with their heads bent forward, hunched and with rounded shoulders. What's the problem? Teenager’s digital device use has sharply increased in the past 9 years. If we look at South Korea, the most digitally connected country in the world, the leap in mobile phones owned...
Tot Teràpia is a centre in Sant Cugat, Barcelona dedicated to assisting children, teenagers and families. They have a multidisciplinary approach combining innovative technologies with more conventional therapies. Therapists work on emotional aspects, communication, movement, cognition and nutrition and pay particular emphasis on incorporating the whole family into the therapy...
The Montessori Village brand was founded in Madrid in 2011. Can you tell us something about how and why it was founded? Maria Giménez and Ana Monemeneu, who have been friends for over 15 years, created Montessori Village after becoming mums. They believed that important values like respect were disappearing in...
Combining her accomplishments as a teacher, coach, therapist, mentor, sacred space holder and her admiration for women everywhere, Niki Moss Simpson launched SHINE. SPARKLE. RADIATE in 2017. On 8th March this year Niki launched her first book as co-author of the best selling Pay It Forward series: Notes to My Younger Self. In...
Michele Goldin had become increasingly interested in the results that could be achieved at the intersection of dance and language immersion in early childhood and decided to apply her multidisciplinary background. Here she talks to MumAbroad Life about how she set up Hello! English and how it has grown in...
Part 2 of a 4 part series on how to apply for a place at an American University, by Sandra Cress, a Barcelona-based independent university admissions advisor. (Photo: Connecticut College, New London, CT)...
"Stop trying to fix their stuff for them, count to ten, breathe & let them find their own solutions. When you focus on what’s 'wrong', even if your intentions are well meaning, it can make them feel that something is wrong with them. If it’s not dangerous, life threatening or...
"I grew up hearing birth stories. My mom would get this kind of glow when she talked about birth and she always talked about it in a way that made me in awe of the woman she was talking about." Midwife Karen Wilmot...