Your Passport to Parenting

Wisdom from Around the World to Help Build Happy Families

De: Joanne Holbrook

Narrado por: Joanne Holbrook

International parenting

There is more than one way to be a good parent.

Your Passport to Parenting explores parenting ideas from around the world, providing stories and lessons that demonstrate how values-based parenting can help create meaningful bonds between you and your child, while teaching them to be kind, secure, and empathetic.

From Australia, you will hear how an Aboriginal woman shares her culture and teaches children morals through stories.

From Fiji, you will hear how Fijians teach their children to first care for others, then for themselves.

From England, you will hear how a mother taught her children through lessons as a magistrate so she did not have to lecture.

From Germany, you will hear how German culture teaches children independence.

From South Africa, you will learn the power of greeting your children.

From Hawaii, you will learn the importance of an extended family and respect for the land.

Plus, more parenting ideas from Scotland, Czechia, Austria, Denmark, Dominican Republic, New Zealand, and across the United States - some passed down from generation to generation.

We have all heard it takes a village to raise a child. Your Passport to Parenting expands your village to cover nearly the entire planet. With this expanded village, you will find simple parenting ideas to help teach children values as well as ideas to help make parenting as much fun as being a kid. After you listen to Your Passport to Parenting, you’ll find parenting more meaningful and a bit easier.

Joanne Holbrook is a mother of two and spouse of a United States Army officer. She has lived and raised her family in South Africa, England, Germany, Australia, and across the United States. Born in South Africa and living half her life under the controlling apartheid government, she began to yearn for a better understanding of cultures outside her world. This experience, combined with the world travels that come with a military lifestyle, allowed Joanne to observe culture and parenting from multiple international perspectives and with a broader worldview. Joanne is an author, professional keynote speaker, parenting advocate, and entrepreneur, who, through her friendships, book, and speaking events, shares parenting stories to help build positive, values-based families around the world.

©2020 Joanne Holbrook (P)2021 Joanne Holbrook

A Graceful and Curious Approach to Parenting

This book was very enlightening to say the least. I loved hearing the Author’s learned experiences living in a variety of countries. Parenting is hard! And at the end of the day, we are all trying our best. I often found myself welled up with tears, sometimes even flowing, because some of the situations were so relatable. And some of the gestures from one person to a mother, so sweet. And sometimes not so much. The roller coaster of parenting! I highly recommend this book to any person with a curiosity to be a better parent or even best support other parents. And Lord knows we could always use a little extra support. So basically, everybody give this a read- please and thank you!

Sincerely,
A mother doing her best

A Mosaic of Mindfulness

I enjoyed the lightness and love that poured acrossed each page in this culmination of stories. Seamless threads of mindfulness and wisdom are woven throughout each of Joanne's experiences and is shared with genuine reverence and admiration. The journey from chapter to chapter is insightful and empowering, leaving you inspired to take on new adventures with your family in ways to truly benefit everyone. Genuine goodness right here.....

Amazing read!!

This book not only speaks to a parents heart, but I would venture to say that anyone who picks it up will walk away changed. Listening to the warm voice of the author brought the pages to life and allowed me to picture things in my own life and the life of of my children that I real are and have related to. 100% recommend this book to any and everyone.

A wonderful journey around the world of parenting

Joanne…I’m so glad that you narrated your own audiobook. It’s wonderful. As a parent who is from and lives in Hawaii, has a husband from South Africa, and travels back and forth to Fiji as often as possible it was a pleasure.
I enjoyed this book of international perspectives. Mahalo and Aloha.

Absolutely a must read!

I urge everyone with children, no matter their age, to read or listen to this book! It's a conglomerate of parenting stories from around the world, sharing their differences and their amazing cultures. I only wish this book was around when my kids were little, but there's so much to take away from this book, regardless of your children's ages. I truly treasure this book and it's author. Thank you, Joanne, for sharing these stories with the world.

The book for people who don't read parenting books

What kept me hooked was Joanne's consistent flow of really great family ideas that she gathered from her travels as a military wife and mom. I loved hearing the stories she gathered from so many diverse cultures. There are so many things I now want to take for a test drive in my own home! For instance, my husband and I have a set of values we have built our relationship upon. But why hadn’t we thought do that same exercise for our blended family?! It's a great read--she's not preachy. And it might even be better to listen to!

Incredibly Insightful Book

The author provides a diverse account of experiences on different parenting techniques that the reader can directly apply to their own relationship with their children. The author also provides approaches that can apply to all stages of you relationship with a child from birth to when they are adults. Must read for any parent!

Not Your Typical Parenting Guide

This book is much more than your typical parenting guide. Joanne Holbrook offers a refreshing take from the perspective of an international family on their own transformative journey. Joanne shares life insights with heartwarming, heartbreaking, and often funny anecdotes of people doing life together and figuring it along the way. Her story is vulnerable, touching, funny, and highly relatable. Military and non-military families alike will enjoy this book.

Loved it!

Fantastic book! The author is so soothing and calming to listen to- I looked forward to my designated audible time to jump back into the book. She offers easy to implement parenting thoughts and tips. I loved listening to her tales from countries and cultures all around the world. She couches it in easy to understand language and real life stories that seem so simple to add into your day-to-day life. I will definitely be revisiting this book and recommending it to all my mom (and dad) friends.

Wonderful, Insightful Stories

I have already implemented some of the practices mentioned in this well thought out, superbly written book. The writer does not come off as a know-it-all. She is genuine as she talks about not only her successes, but her struggles as a parent as well. Being in the military myself, I have travelled around just as much as the author, but I was single and had no interest in knowing about how children were raised in different countries. I am retired now, but also married with a child. There is no way I will get a chance to travel and gain all of the cultural insights that are in this book...such a wonderful collection of stories and lessons! This is a definite read for any parent out there...new, seasoned young and old alike. I am a 49 year old parent of a 5 year old and a 3rd generation military father. I exhibit every bad habit mentioned in the book. I was not able to see that until this book came out. I truly believe that it was the unpretentious, straight from the heart approach by the author that helped me really look at what I was doing. I am not perfect...none of us are, but I am trying. Thank you very much Joanne Holbrook for this spectacular collaboration of experiences!