The Power of Community in Raising a Child with a Disability
When people picture raising a child with a disability, they usually picture the practica…
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When people picture raising a child with a disability, they usually picture the practica…
Ask any Dutch parent where to take the kids in October, and pumpkin farms come up fast…
Autumn turns into winter fast here, and the events calendar fills up just as quickly. La…
The back-to-school clear-out always sneaks up faster than you plan for. One minute it’s…
Summer in Amsterdam can flip in an hour, umbrella one minute, looking for somewhere to c…
Ninety minutes from Amsterdam is a theme park that doesn’t run on adrenaline alone, Efte…
Rain in Amsterdam isn’t a maybe, it’s a when. The good news is the city has more indoor…
Amsterdam runs on a yearly rhythm. Tulips open the calendar in spring, open-air theatre…
Amsterdam is a small city, and after a few days the kids will have seen the canals, the…
Rainy Tuesday, restless kids, no idea where to go? Amsterdam’s museums solve that proble…
Nothing prepares you to be a parent, they say. María disagrees. Hi, I’m María, a.k.a. Ma…
Two days is enough to give kids a real feel for Amsterdam without dragging them through…
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October brings the autumn break, pumpkins and Halloween, plus plenty of indoor culture for rainy days. Cinekid turns…
September is packed with brilliant family days across the Netherlands. Climb aboard ships during Rotterdam’s Wereldhavendagen, see enormous…
The parents' checklist for Dutch holiday camps: the school-break calendar, day camp versus sleepover by age, twelve things…
Forty family days out across the Netherlands: Amsterdam and surroundings, Utrecht and Flevoland, the North Holland coast, and…
