I am a British woman in her thirties. I lived in Moscow, Russia for a number of years and my husband is Russian. Five years ago we moved back to the UK. We have a two year old son, who we are bringing up as balanced a bilingual and bicultural as possible. I write about culture shock. From having lived in Russia, being married to a Russian and becoming a mother.
About me: I am a British woman in her thirties. I lived in Moscow, Russia for a number of years and my husband is Russian. Five years ago we moved back to the UK. We have a two year old son, who we are bringing up as balanced a bilingual and bicultural as possible. I write about culture shock. From having lived in Russia, being married to a Russian and becoming a mother.
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On the fear of fur coats mark two. OK, so you’ve had your third blog post published by the BBC World Service, this time about the difference between the way your son and daughter have acquired sounds. This is a sort of follow up to the post you wrote about your son many moons ago, but also arose out of you making an [...]... Tue, 15 May 2012 21:46:49
On joyful crowds You can’t remember when B heard that Napoleon had once called the English a nation of shopkeepers, but it made him laugh a lot. He considers it very true. Take (he is wont to say) the average Anglican church service and compare it to the Orthodox one. Orthodox worship goes on and on and on. [.... Tue, 08 May 2012 11:05:02
On scheduling, for parents. You’ve always rather resented the whole ‘women are better at multitasking’ thing because you are not. Your ability to tune out the world while you focus on one thing at a time is infinite. Your ability to type this journal in English, feed the baby, watch the news, do the washing u... Sat, 05 May 2012 21:35:12
On the next David Attenborough. Currently, the Comet is using her left hand a lot in her efforts to feed herself. You are entertaining yourself by putting bits of potato in different places, or pointing the loaded teaspoon this way or that to see if she will still go the southpaw route (so far, mostly), but despite the fact that [... Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:19:59
On blind dates with axe-murdering Internet weirdos. You hate travelling. You may have mentioned this before. You cope with this by overplanning. Which usually makes things far more complicated than they need to be, adding to the stress levels. Your husband B has very little truck with this and keeps dragging you off on impromptu little journeys. Thin... Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:59:31
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