Summary: Homa Tavangar has 20 years' experience working with governments, businesses, international organizations and non-profit agencies in global competitiveness, organizational and business development, and cross-cultural issues. Iran, she has lived in East and West Africa, South America, and throughout the United States. Growing Up Global: Raising Children to Be At Home in the World ( book) Growing up Global ( site) Listen:: Listen to this week’s show | subscribe through iTunes | on-the-go device What we learn in this podcast:: What made you write the book growing up global? Why using the photograph and explanation was so powerful in your TED talk and how we can use descriptions like this with our children? Authentic greetings from around the world by learning to read their cues. How do we help encourage children without forcing it down their throat? Learning about other religions and festivals to enrich Why we need to connect with people that are different to us? Links:: 125+ Ways to Practice Making Letters :: In Lieu of Preschool Safety fears 'hinder outdoor play', says survey :: BBC News Cross Blog conversation with MaryAnne of Mama Smiles Now that you listened to this episode of Raising Playful Tots, here’s what you could to do next: Education is meaningless without action. So, tell me what you learned from this episode, and how you plan to apply it to your family in the comment section. If you enjoyed this episode, do me a favor and share it on Twitter or Facebook. Or better yet, send a personal email to one of your friends whom you’d think would love this. This part is important. I’m currently have only a few reviews on iTunes, and I need to get to 10 reviews. If you have a few seconds, can you please go to iTunes and leave me an honest review (after subscribing). Thank you.
