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How to survive when your child speaks better Czech than you do
A few things you should know about a busload of preschoolers (and the parents left behind)
Even childhood anxiety gets a bi-cultural spin
How CZ cuisine has taught me to appreciate game meat
Sending my daughter to her first sleepaway summer camp in the US
Czech becomes our dominant home language, in spite of my best intentions
A note of appreciation to my readers and adopted homeland
Condensing the best of our home country into a single visit
Czech fascination with devils, witches and malevolent spirits
Art cases, lunch cards and a locker with a key
Although I initially attributed the children’s tiredness to being run-down from winter, it wasn’t until I chatted with a Czech friend that I realized this malady has a real name, at least in the Czech Republic: jarní únava (spring fatigue)…While I’m familiar with the term “spring fever” from my school days, as the time of year when teachers go mad because children can’t bear to sit still at their desks, I’d never run across the Czech term “spring fatigue” before.
Government and doctors come to an agreement in the nick of time