This event kicked off Mommy Mundo’s Everything Parenting series, where we hope to share valuable insights from experts on different parenting topics under the sun. T. Vanny prefaced her talk by reminding all of us why reading is an essential skill and endeavor that we must encourage in our children.
Mom Spotlight: Kristina Sy
After over a decade working abroad, Kristina Sy decided to leave the corporate world, move back to Manila, and start a business. What kind of business was another decision.
ExpoMom2021 Brings Mindful Lessons
ExpoMom 2021: Mindful Choices is Mommy Mundo’s third run of ExpoMom online! And this May, the Mommy Mundo flagship event, flies the banner of its year-long campaign: Mind Your Mind.
How Parents and Children Pivoted About Homeschooling During the Pandemic
Fourteen months after the first announcement of a quarantine and most Philippine parents have at least twelve months of homeschooling, e-learning, or blended learning under their belts. Mommy Mundo spoke to parents on their chosen methods of education for their children and how they have pivoted and coped.
Pregnancy Mystified: Sofia
Sofia Genato Schoonmaker is the celebrity baby photographer behind some of the most cherished baby and family photos of Manila’s influencers and elite. For thirteen years she has captured precious moments, smiles, and milestones for so many, always dreaming that she would be able to capture these for her own child one day. “I always wanted to be a mom,” shares Sofia. “Working with kids for the last decade, it’s been a dream of mine since forever.” When the timing for pregnancy came, however, Sofia faced the challenge that many moms have–being older.
Mind Your Mind for May: Make Mindful Choices
Mommy Mundo’s year-long campaign, Mind Your Mind, helps us slow down by asking us to pause, which gives us a chance to reflect and process everything that is going on in our lives. This month, we are looking at shopping, consumption, and the feelings that influence our consumption habits and decisions. It follows the Mind Your Mind’s theme this second quarter of 2021: Feelings.
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED (A Preemie Parent’s Bouts with Ambiguous Loss)
In a 2003 study that explored “ambiguous loss”, American researchers Tamara Golish and Kimberly Powell affirmed how “parents of premature babies underwent various grief emotions as they mourned the loss of a full-term pregnancy and feared for their child’s life and health. However, they were often unable to allow themselves to feel their grief and were unsure how to communicate it because their baby was still alive.” In an environment where more devastating loss easily happens to other families, it seemed almost disrespectful to even acknowledge pain points here and there, and yet they were real, looming menacingly.
Mom Spotlight: Mika Lagdameo-Martinez
Beautiful, eloquent, and funny, anyone looking at Mika Lagdameo-Martinez’s Instagram profile would never guess she had a fear of public speaking. In a move that undoubtedly is one of the many reasons so many follow her online, Mika took that fear and turned it into triumph, by launching her show Saturday Night Life.
