by Clare Klinghammer | Nov 8, 2024 | Blog
Wie heißt eine Schürfwunde auf Englisch? Wie erklärt man auf Englisch das Thema Eingewöhnung nach dem Berliner Modell einer Mama, die glaubt, nach einem Tag kann das Kind schon sechs Stunden alleine bleiben? Wie vermittelt man einfühlsam auf Englisch einem Papa, dass...
by Clare Klinghammer | May 5, 2024 | Blog
Am I a parenting expert who has all the answers? No—like you, I regularly feel like I’m on the steepest “learning by doing” learning curve of my life! But am I bilingual (English / German), a QEKK-trained course leader, a parent of two...
by Clare Klinghammer | Dec 21, 2023 | Blog, Family Life in Germany, Nests & Wings Courses
At the groups I run, I have met many lovely parents. And as is often the case at groups aimed at parents of babies and toddlers, most people who attend are mums. But I have also got to know some dads who are the primary carer for their baby/toddler. Sometimes this is...
by Clare Klinghammer | Dec 10, 2023 | Blog, Family Life in Germany, Nests & Wings Courses
Once a month, I run an “International Breakfast” at the Familientreff in Oberursel. This is the same place I run a lot of my courses, and it is somewhere I got to know and came to love when my own children were babies. It is a not-for-profit organisation...
by Clare Klinghammer | Sep 5, 2023 | Blog, Learning English, Nests & Wings Courses
Germans sometimes refer to maternity / paternity leave as a “baby break” (Babypause), implying that what you are doing during this time is more relaxing than work. I think anyone who has ever been on parental leave will agree that this is in no way the...
