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Learning to Swim

February 21, 2011
Learning to Swim

Being comfortable in water may take some time and the adaption varies from individual to individual. Nevertheless, the more opportunities our kids are given to swim, the faster they will learn.
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Decline in adoption

February 20, 2011
Decline in adoption

Adoption as a route to founding a family is becoming less and less common in Switzerland with just seven adoptions per 1,000 births reported in 2009.
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Kidnapping alert to be sent by text message

February 2, 2011

How the alert works The alarm system will be activated as soon as there is sufficient information and there are fears that the kidnapped minor is endangered. The alerts will be announced, based on a special convention, by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, the Federal Roads Office, Swiss Federal Railways,...
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The importance of being wrong

May 3, 2012

One of the frustrating things about kids growing up is that there comes a...
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Mom is relocating

May 3, 2012

Every expat mom or dad knows that moving a family from one country to...
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Swiss life – but not as we knew it

May 3, 2012

We didn’t have to get our passports stamped, or cross a border. Our food...
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Winners of the Mamizeit Expo Raffle

April 25, 2012

So the Mamizeit Expo Raffle has come to an end. We would like to...
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EDUCATION IN SWITZERLAND

Learning two languages

For a child to learn a second language, they must be exposed to that language. If a child receives little input in a language, they gain less proficiency, which leads to a lack of usage (Pearson, 2007). Parents are incredibly important: De Houwer (2007) argues that successfully rasing a child to speak two languages...

Becoming bilingual

How to help children learn more than one language Earlier this year, I discussed some of the benefits of children learning more than one language and the advantages of bilingualism on literacy and cognition. Research has shown that parents are increasingly eager for their children to have knowledge of more than one language in order...

EXPAT INFO

Decline in adoption

Adoption as a route to founding a family is becoming less and less common...

Switzerland climbs equality ladder

In October 2010, a major report on gender equality ranked Switzerland tenth in the...

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