April 2016: Caring
Welcome to our spring edition, which is all about caring. The definition of caring is to display kindness and concern for others, and to look after and provide for others’ needs. Some of us care not only for children, but also for pets and elderly relatives. We have features on all of the above topics. But what about ourselves? Who cares for us parents? Furthermore, to whom do we turn for support when living away from relatives and friends? A feature author explains how she has managed to find new friends, and how they have become more like family, and one of our columnists discusses what happened when she couldn’t fall back on relatives when her whole family was ill.
Clare Ferrari, Editor
Features
Finding a Child Support Network by Louise Humphrey
The Childcare Hunt by Aradhna Sethi
Understanding Our Children and Ourselves by Monica Shah
Never Too Young to Help by Joanna Koch
The Good, the Bad and the Dogly: Pros and Cons of Dog Ownership by Andrea Snashall
Holidays with Childcare by Keerthana Nagarajan and Clare Ferrari
Columns:
Education Matters | Developmental Daycare: Care with a Difference
Expat Corner | What Illness Can Teach Us about Taking Care of Ourselves
Family Health | coming soon…
Fathering | Once, Twice, Three Times a Baby
In the Kitchen | Glorious Bone Broth
La Leche League | Caring for Babies and Their Mums
Out & About | Science Museum Excursions in Zurich and Elsewhere
Third Culture Matters | The Culture of Caring
Twinville | Bring It On
Don’t forget to check out What’s On for April and May 2016.
Illustration by Laura Munteanu
April 2016 Issue Contributors
Column and Feature Editors: Dina El-Halaby, Clare Ferrari, Liz Le Feuvre, Carol McDonald, Andrea Snashall
Webmaster / Layout Designer: Tanya Deans
Chief Copyeditor: Carol McDonald
Writers: Clare Ferrari, Tammy Furey, Dina El Halaby, Jane Greis, Dr Jahura Hossain, Louise Humphrey, Joanna Koch, Karin Mohler, Angela Morris, Teresa Mueller, Keerthana Nagarajan, Aradhna Sethi, Monica Shah, Andrea Snashall, Brian Wilson
Illustration Coordinator: Andrea Snashall
Illustrators: Chelsea Bider, BVisual (Beth), Tanya Deans (photos), Clare Ferrari (photo), Lara Friedrich, Susana Gutierrez, Kiki Kaisserian, Angela Morris (photos), Teresa Müller (photos), Laura Munteanu, Albina Nogueira, Lemady Rochard
Proofreaders: Andrea Snashall, assisted by Carol McDonald
Website / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Pinterest Moderators: Andrea Snashall, Kate Prinsloo
Advertising Coordinator: Clare Ferrari
Finance: Iliana Eichholzer, Claire Petersen
Communications: Andrea Snashall
Logo: Suzanne Evans-Ackermann
Web Designer: Maximilian Wulf