Case Studies

Case studies.
The storybook of family partnerships.

What open minded families can
achieve in a global community.

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Best gran ever!

Second in a small series of case studies looking at the the families of our early days and what became of them. Grandma Sofia, the famillage pioneer and champion, and her four grandsons.

What handicap?

First in a small series of case studies looking at the the families of our pioneer days and what became of them. Eddie, Yves and Elena never let cerebral palsy get the better of them.

Zac, Theo & Darragh

How an Irish, a French and a German boy meet up every summer to get better at speaking the others' languages and give their parents a break too.

A Danish baby goes Thai

From a Danish dairy farm to a great job in pharmaceuticals in Bangkok.
With partner and baby. And with helpful new friends.

Life stories rarely follow a smooth path, many have an extra helping of
ups and downs. It can take a couple of generations to close the full circle.
A lesson learned: Your kids have a claim to your mother tongue.

Two lingos, three states

Raising bilingual kids may require three nations and three generations.
Susanna's French husband never picked up any German. Now their four kids
have a third pair of grandparents speaking Swiss German and French.

Lingo, music, medicine

A Madrid / Los Angeles connection based on English/Spanish, a great passion for music and a mutual interest in the medical profession. A Shared Mindspace case study at its best.

Ollie from Oslo

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Ollie is thirteen and his sisters think he is weird. In fact, he is very smart and has established a network of fellow researchers aged 8 to 15 in 42 countries. Ollie & partners take up the challenge whenever someone can't find a specific answer online. Right now they collect information on how different nations have dealt with rats in cities over the centuries, making the question both a biology and history project and a language project to translate all results into English.

When times are tough

Julie lost her husband. Then her health. And finally almost her will to live.
Networking often means connecting similar fates to regain strength.

Law and agriculture

Why it makes perfect sense to connect New York lawyers with organic farmers in the Swiss Alps.

Ottawa & a detour to Sao

This case study demonstrates how helpful it is to access all possible options. Ricky went to Europe to learn Portuguese so that he could to go to Brazil.