Parent Stories
The aim for this site is to make you funnier, wiser and maybe a little smarter as a parent.
Here you will meet writers from all over the world, who tell you about their parenthood in the city. Sometimes it will be about the mess with the subway system, sometimes about the joy of that special ice cream bar or a certain shop where you buy the best jigsaw puzzles. The writers will give you their best advice.
The site will exist in several languages. It will be renewed and refreshed continously.
To raise kids in the city is something of a taboo. Still, thats the way millions of people choose to live today. And it is for kids and families of the real, modern world that BRIO brings its products.
That's why you'll soon meet a lot of exciting new stuff from BRIO, that works perfectly in the city. Don't misunderstand us, of course they will work brilliantly in the countryside as well. Because kids are the same everywhere.
New York: 5 FavoriteActivities with KidsBeing a Swede and a Canadian with two kids born in Amsterdam and now living in New York, we are destined to spend the rest of our lives on airplanes...
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Paris: How to Learn Kids to Love Bugs
My son squashes bugs. He's also been known to efficiently defoliate entire bushes with his wooden pirate sword. This anti-nature behavior completely horrifies me and I'm sure a psychologist would say that's why he does it...
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London: Digging in the Muck
My favorite part of being a parent is teaching my sons how to make and grow things. If it's not raining then digging in dirt and getting mucky is great fun, showing how to re-pot things, planting seeds and watching them grow...
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Stockholm: Little City SlickersKids love it in the countryside. That's just the way it is. Close to cows, cute little cottages and lakes full of fish. Where there's always a friend at the neighbours' and the smell of freshly baked cinnamon buns...
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