I’m always told that I have a complex character. I don’t know whether you noticed, but in Ukraine people usually call so those who have it in general. Ulyana Suprun Aggression is the driving energy and impulse to action. For some, it results in activities for the benefit of the community and… tears, for others…
Our most favorite children’s books Here comes the day: today I’ll tell you about our most favorite children’s books. Those, reading which makes us with Newcomer faint from delight. Books that are actively quoted in our family both in Ukrainian and English and are read every day for already a year. I read them for…
For me 2020 was a year of great return to the world of Ukrainian-language books. For various reasons, I have ignored our market since the beginning of the war. As it turned out, Ukraine made a real publishing breakthrough. In fact, since 2015 there has been a significant jump in the number of new publishers,…
Hardly anyone will disagree that the last few months have been particularly difficult, there’s some irregular chaos in space, and none of the many topics for articles have been finding a response in my heart and, consequently, in the universe. In such periods, it’s difficult to remember how to make yourself feel a little better….
Best books for toddlers on Ukrainian market. 1. Lars Clinting – A series about Castor 2. 🇺🇦 Jacque Jab’ye – The eight-leged Human 3. Marta Galevska-Kustra – Trilogy about Bodio (Pucio) 4. 🇺🇦 Oksana Krotyuk – The Black Sea and the Blue Whale 5. 🇺🇦 New Year’s holidays (Wimmelbuch) 6. 🇺🇦 Iryna Morykvas – Magda…
I’m often asked how I went to the Emirates and why, and now that I have returned a week ago, there are even more questions, so I decided to write about it separately. I left Ukraine in October 2014, feeling that otherwise I could completely burn out. Anyone who has ever dealt with me knows…
When I don’t have inspiration to write it means I try to write about something that doesn’t hurt. And why to write what you don’t care about – that’s the question. So I’ll make it about what I have been thinking during the last month, as a part of the campaign ‘not to commit any…
What I want in my life is compassion, a flow between myself and others based on a mutual giving from the heart.Marshall Rosenberg “Nonviolent Communication” Emotional blackmail Once I told one guy that I wanted to break up with him, and he threatened to commit suicide. Surprisingly, my reaction was complete inner peace, and for…
7 famous pediatricians who really changed things. 1. Janusz Korczak (1878/79-1942, Polish Jew) I’m glad that it’s Korczak who heads the list (it’s chronological), as he is a man of a wide range, who wrote a lot and wisely, for children and about children, who dedicated himself to children, created a home for them (orphanage),…
When we ask, “How can I get my child to be less shy/concentrate more/be more interested in art/be more active?” and so on, we are not accepting them for who they are. Instead, we can work to show our child we love them just as they are, where they are right now. Really, that is…
