“Yucky” was my son’s first reaction when he saw people wearing shoes inside. It was his first ever visit to Sydney, Australia. It w...

"Where are you from?" I wondered how my son was going to answer this question when it was put to him by a stranger in a sup...

Velvet Ashes is thinking about numbers this week.   From reverse culture shock, to renting, moving house, bringing up cross cultural ki...

...the thought of a bus ride to the capital city is more exciting to them than the thought of a plane ride. ...when they ask what ...

I had already put forks on the table, but my son got himself a pair of chopsticks when he saw we were having spaghetti. I found it amusing...