Raising World Citizens Resource Page
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A truly wonderful resource is the book Growing Up Global: Raising Children to Be At Home in the World by Homa Sabet Tavangar. The author bases the book on her time working on diversity and cross-cultural issues around the world and her experiences raising three girls. The book (now also a website) is full of practical advice for parents on how to bring the world into their homes through games, activities, toys, websites, and other resources. While many of the activities are for older kids, there are also lots of suggestions for young children as well.
One of the main suggestions in this book is to form a group of parents that support each other in their efforts to raise global citizens. Luckily for me, I am already a part of MUMs, a wonderful multicultural moms group! These wonderful ladies hail from all parts of the globe, and most of us are part of cross-cultural marriages. As one of our activities, we recently started a book club dedicated to Growing Up Global. In our first meeting, amid the babble and tumble of our kids, we discussed topics like how to expose even babies to other cultures (through foods, for example) and how to expose your children to other cultures without them losing a sense of their own. Wonderful stuff!
The internet also has a number of great resources for raising your child with a global orientation. Don’t miss out on the amazing Multicultural Kid Blogs, a group of bloggers dedicated to raising world citizens through arts, activities, crafts, food, language, and love. You can find them on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. You can also follow their individual Facebook pages through a single customized newsfeed.
Kidworldcitizen has a constantly growing database of multicultural activities that you can use to introduce your child to the vast, wonderful world we live in, from crafts and recipes to field trips, literature, music, and more!
Worldwide Culture Swap is an amazing program that will give your child a tangible, personal connection to other children around the world. Participant families are teamed up with four other families from different countries. Each sends a package to the other families (mainly addressed to the child or children) with items that will give them a feel of what it is like to live in their country – such as inexpensive souvenirs, local crafts, native seeds, and so on. If you’d rather have a longer-term, one-on-one contact for your child, you can also use this website to find an international pen pal.
One of my favorite blogs is by Tallulah of Bilingual Babes, who did a guest post for us on how to help kids deal with being “different.” She has done extensive research on multicultural products for kids, which is a wonderful resource for anyone with children in their lives. (You can find a full list of products on the sidebar of her main page).
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Oh my goodness. I just found this post. I am honored. Thank you for your support and kind words. Keep writing. I love this blog and you have important ideas to share with the world!
-homa, @growingupglobal
Thank you so much! This means a lot coming from you!
So glad to’ve discovered your blog, it’s the newest addition to my blogroll 🙂 Maybe we can swap guestposts sometime!
Tallulah, my sentiments exactly! And I would love to swap guest posts 🙂 Also, have you heard about the bilingualism blogging carnival? Let me know if you’re interested!
Great! I am signed up to do the blogging carnival at some point, and would love to dip my toe in the water when you are hosting. Is there anything special I should write about?
Hi there! As far as I know, there is no special topic, so anything would be great!
Great, can you give me an email address to send it to? Looking forward to taking part 🙂
I just sent you an email! Let me know if you didn’t get it.
Sorry, I haven’t got it yet.
Oops! I missed the beginning of your email address. Just tried it again!
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Thank you so much for linking up!:) I love to network with other multicultural/global families who believe in teaching our kids about the world.
Thank you for being such a wonderful resource for us! It is wonderful to connect with other like-minded folks.
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This is great, something that I feel very strongly about. So much so , that we are traveling the world, indefinitely, with our children from next year. Keep up the good work!
Wow, that’s wonderful! I’m so jealous! Can’t wait to read about your adventures! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Thank you! What wonderful resources!!
Thank you, Tiffany! Glad you found them useful!
Great resources! I’m so glad I found your blog. We are Americans raising our kids in Western Kenya. I’m Jewish and my husband is B’ahai. So, there’s a lot to make sense of and integrate. I’ve been wanting to participate in the culture swap, but I’m short on recipes and crafts that are representative of any one culture anyway. But it’s great to see what others have done. Thanks for your blog!
Kim, so glad you found us! You have such a great blog! If you are interested in the Culture Swap, you might want to contact them even if you’re not sure it would be a good fit. I’m sure they would love to work with you! And we also have a monthly linky (https://alldonemonkey.com/2012/10/01/october-culture-swapper-is-live/), which you are more than welcome to participate in – posts don’t have to be just about one culture, they can also be reflections on your unique mix of cultures. I know I would love that!
Also, have you heard of this group (http://www.bahaimomblogs.com/)? I am Baha’i as well, so if you are looking for ideas to celebrate Baha’i holidays or do Baha’i classes for your kids, you can find some great resources here.
Finally, we would love to have you as a part of our brand-new Multicultural Kid Blogs group! Just go here (http://www.facebook.com/groups/multiculturalkidblogs/) from your personal FB page to request to join. Hope to see you there!
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Thanks for the great reference page! It’s been so wonderful to find your blog, read your stories and benefit from your list of resources. Cheers!
Thank you! So glad to have connected with you, and can’t wait to explore your resources as well!
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Global Mama to Global Mama – I enjoyed exploring your site! Some great resources here for me to check out, Leanna. I’m especially interested to Homa Sabet Tavangar’s book. Sounds like a great book club feature. Please feel free to explore my site about global parenting. It’s at http://globalwiseparenting.com
Alice, I am SO glad to connect with you! What an amazing website you have! I feel like I could stay and explore it all day! I invite you to join the Multicultural Kid Blogs group – we’d love to have you! http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/join-multicultural-kid-blogs/
These resources are fantastic! I am so glad I discovered this site. I also ran across a place where you can purchase multicultural products for children. Feel free to check out their site http://www.littleproudkid.com I feel it would be a great add to these amazing resources.
Thanks, that’s a great site!