my world • cultural awareness
by Lori Troyer on December 21st, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Raising culturally aware children has become more and more important today. The melting pot of cultures is what makes our lives rich with heritage and diversity. In recognition of the many traditions of Christmas, we wanted to find out how it was celebrated all over the world. How do other…
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my world • cultural awareness
by Lori on December 14th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I am the child of a Jewish father and a Lutheran mother. Growing up, my brother and I usually found ourselves as the least-favored grandchildren of our devout, but dueling grandparents. Neither set of our grandparents ever totally approved of their children's choice to marry someone of a different faith.…
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my world • cultural awareness
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on April 14th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Our family left Utah for a vacay on March 24 and with the exception of an 8-hour stop in between trips, we haven't been back home since.
Our trip started in Central America—Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras—to visit my parents. And then, thanks to a trip from Royal Caribbean,…
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my world • cultural awareness
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on April 3rd, 2010 | 5 Comments »
When we told our boys—ages 9 and 6 1/2—that we'd be traveling to Guatemala over Easter, their only concern was whether or not the Easter Bunny would still visit them.
Not knowing exactly what our schedule would be, how much access we'd have to materials to accommodate our normal egg-dying…
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my world • cultural awareness
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on March 29th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
When traveling, I believe it's important to immerse yourself as much as possible into the culture. This probably stems from living my 17th year in Argentina as a foreign-exchange student where I shared my first shower with no less than 20 cockroaches, attended public school, and spent weekends at a…
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