Episode 41: Joanna Francis on living in France




The New Normal Podcast show

Summary: <span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Joanna Francis from </span><a href="http://www.miettehandmade.com/" style="text-decoration: none; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; color: rgb(36,103,141); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Miette Handmade</a><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> has recently returned to Melbourne after spending six months living in France with her French husband and their two kids Anouk and Leo. We ask her definitively whether </span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jan/20/french-children-food-pamela-druckerman" style="text-decoration: none; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; color: rgb(36,103,141); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">French children really do throw food</a><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> (newsflash: they totally do!) and what its like to raise bilingual kids. </span><br> <br style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><br style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">With a background in international aid work, including a stint living in Afghanistan, we talk about how to talk to your kids about different cultures and teaching empathy, plus how to prepare for long plane flights with little kids.</span>