fmseditor – Page 8 – Family Matters Switzerland

“We Have to Be Heard”

April 4, 2017January 22, 2018 fmseditor 1 Comment

The Young are our future, but do we really always believe this? We parents are probably happy to give our children

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Columns Family Health

Your Future Health and Cancer

April 4, 2017January 22, 2018 fmseditor 1 Comment

We all make choices that alter our lives, such as moving abroad, changing jobs, or starting a family. When it

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“We’re Moving to Sweden?!?”

April 4, 2017January 22, 2018 fmseditor 3 Comments

How do you tell your children you’re moving (possibly far, far away)? I’m not sure I have the right answer,

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Columns In The Kitchen

Homemade “American-Style” Pancakes

April 4, 2017January 22, 2018 fmseditor 1 Comment

One thing I want to establish in my family is fun little traditions that we can look back on and

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Columns Loco Parentis

Shiny, Happy MomBots

April 4, 2017January 22, 2018 fmseditor 0 Comments #hunour, #mummyjokes #humorinparenting, #parentingwithrobots

I recently came across a 2013 Oxford University study of jobs most likely to be computerised in the future, and

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Columns Expat Corner

A Worrying Future

April 4, 2017November 6, 2019 fmseditor 0 Comments

“So when did you get here?” “How long have you been in Switzerland?” “How long is your posting/contract?” “Are you

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Columns Out And About

Dinosaurs in Switzerland

April 4, 2017May 24, 2018 fmseditor 0 Comments Family Activities, Museums, Ticino

A trip to the Unesco World Heritage site Monte San Giorgio and the Fossil Museum in Merida, Ticino There is

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Features In The Kitchen

Nana Dolly’s Lamb Korma

April 4, 2017January 22, 2018 fmseditor 0 Comments #beetrootraita, #familyrecipes, #indianfood, #korma, #lambkorma, #traditionalfood

Nana Dolly’s Korma was always a Sunday lunch or a special-occasion meal. I was a pre-teen when my love affair

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Baby Baby Columns

Our Swiss Birth

February 26, 2017April 2, 2020 fmseditor 6 Comments birthing pool, contractions, cost of giving birth in Switzerland, cost of pregnancy in Switzerland, delivering a baby in Switzerland, due date, Entonox, episiotomy, Expat Bump, expat pregnancy, Family Matters Switzerland, gestational diabetes, giving birth at Paracelsus Spital, giving birth in Switzerland, having a baby in Switzerland, hospital delivery, hypnobirthing, Nachsorgehebamme, natural birth, nitrous oxide, pain relief in labour, postnatal care in Switzerland, postnatal midwife, pregnancy in switzerland, second stage of labour, third trimester, waters breaking, Week 40 of pregancy

The Expat Bump Diaries: Week 40 After the false alarm that saw us in hospital at less than 37 weeks

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February 2017: That’s Funny!

February 7, 2017November 6, 2019 fmseditor 0 Comments expat humor, families in switzerland, family humor, funny family stories, parenting in Switzerland, using humor in child rearing

Everyone could use a good laugh these days, especially families. Humor doesn’t just entertain. It brings us together, dispels tension,

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