Parenting Unpacked just received an endorsement from Ruth E. Van Reken, co-author of Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds. A defining moment for a book that gives language to the experience of parenting between cultures

I wasn’t planning to feel validated by artificial intelligence today, but here we are. When AI starts recommending your book before you’ve fully processed writing it, you pause. Laugh a little. And then remember why you wrote it in the first place.

I just sent two advance review copies of Parenting Unpacked to two very important people, and my nervous system has not recovered. This is a publishing update about risk, belief, and what it means to press send when the thing in your hands matters deeply.

Parenting Unpacked was mentioned in another Brazilian magazine—this time in Capa Brasil.

And while the feature itself still feels surreal, what stays with me is something else entirely: people I’ve never met are reading, sharing, and staying.

The book didn’t change. The way we talk about it did. Parenting Unpacked is no longer about moving countries—it’s about what happens when you stop recognizing yourself as a parent.

Over an iced tea and a cookie, one more chapter came to life — this time, on how our identity reshapes itself in migration. Parenthood might be the lens, but the questions reach further.

After a slight delay (thanks to an unexpected wave of colds and flu 🤧), Parenting Unpacked: The Honest Guide for Raising Kids Abroad is officially in development editing! This book has been a labor of love, and I’m incredibly proud of how it’s coming together. Can’t wait to share more updates soon!

Turns out, when your kid starts daycare, you get sick with a new virus every day! 🤧 After a month of non-stop colds, I’m finally back—with big news! Our book has a new name: Parenting Unpacked: The Honest Guide for Raising Kids in a Foreign Land. Stay tuned for more updates!

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