February 2015: Riding Emotional Waves
Parenting is one of the wildest rides you will have the pleasure of experiencing in this lifetime. It can feel exhilarating, joyous, depressive, happy, frustrating, gleeful, stressful, angry, laughable and scream-able, often within the space of a few minutes. So how do we gracefully surf these waves of emotions and keep our sanity? The Mothering Matters team have put together articles in this edition that will help you to keep your head above water. Our writers offer musings and information on the power of laughing, dealing with the emotions of siblings, following our emotions when making parenting decisions, how we think ourselves into stress, and much more. And of course we discuss ways to calm ourselves when the waves get a little high.
Features:
Not Waving But Drowning: Surviving Moods and Depression
Tapping Away the Stress Response
Columns:
Crafty Kids | Two Projects to Brighten Your Crafts Corner
Education Matters | How Can I Work With My Child’s Teachers Effectively?
Expat Corner | Breaking the Rules
Family Health | A Severely Ill Child In The Family
Fathering | “Well, That Escalated Quickly”
In the Kitchen | Oranges in Lime Syrup
La Leche League | The Emotional Side of Breastfeeding
Out & About | A Weekend in Graubünden: The Maloja/Sils Alpine Area
Recommended Reading | Review: How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk
Third Culture Matters | Learning to Laugh Properly
Twinville | You Are Not Alone
Don’t forget to check out What’s On for February and March 2015.
Also, see the winning stories from our Autumn Writing Contest here.
Illustration by Laura Munteanu
2015 February Issue Contributors
Column and Feature Editors: Mary Bider, Dina El-Halaby, Carol McDonald, Andrea Snashall
Webmaster / Layout Designer: Tanya Deans
Chief Copyeditor: Carol McDonald. Assisted by Andrea Snashall, Laura Valdez-Pagliaro
Writers: Tanya Deans, Tammy Furey, Dina El Halaby, Karin Hagelin Andersson, Jahura Hossain, Joanna Koch, Marlene Merkt, Karin Mohler, Teresa Müller, Laura Munteanu, Keerthana Nagarajan, George Schalter, Lesley Stephenson, Monica Shah Zeemann, Brian Wilson
Illustration Coordinator: Laura Munteanu
Illustrators: BVisual, Jen Bognar, Cloudia Chen (photos), Lara Friedrich, Susana Gutierrez, Daniel Mueller (photos), Laura Munteanu, Albina Nogueira
Proofreaders: Andrea Snashall, Carol McDonald
Logo: Suzanne Evans–Ackermann
Web Designer: Maximilian Wulf
Website / Facebook Moderator: Andrea Snashall
Advertising Coordinator: Iliana Eichholzer
Finance: Mary Bider, Claire Petersen
