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Parenting Unpacked: Parenting Through the Loss of Self

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Availability:In StockContributor:Jessica Gabrielzyk, Francine Marcondes, Raquel SerafimTheme:Topical/FamilyPublish date:6/24/2026Pages:192
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Keep It Simple PublishingISBN-13:9782970184850ISBN-10:2970184850UPC:9782970184850Book Category:Family & Relationships, Psychology, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Parenting, Developmental, Immigration & EmigrationBook Topic:Adulthood & AgingSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.52 inchesWeight:0.304Product ID:SCPRN5P3EA

I did not speak French, and the only word I recognized was the name of our bus stop. The bus hissed open its doors. My feet stayed planted. People stepped around us without looking, and no one was unkind because no one needed to be. It was just unnecessary.So, I walked forty minutes uphill with a stroller, telling myself the exercise was the point.

This is what it looks like when the instincts that once guided you stop working, but you are still responsible for someone else. It wasn't a crisis or a breakdown-just the disorientation of a life that no longer responds the way it used to, while another human still depends on you to lead.

Parenting Unpacked follows that experience through the stories of families across multiple countries and continents. It maps the arc most parents cross without knowing it has a name, from the decision to leave what was familiar, through the work of adapting to what isn't, toward something that holds.

This is not a book about how to fix it. It is for the parent who is still inside it, getting through the day, and wondering, somewhere underneath it all, who they are becoming.

If you have ever felt capable everywhere except your own life, you already know what this book is about.

Click 'buy now to purchase Parenting Unpacked today!

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Keep It Simple PublishingISBN-13:9782970184850ISBN-10:2970184850UPC:9782970184850Book Category:Family & Relationships, Psychology, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Parenting, Developmental, Immigration & EmigrationBook Topic:Adulthood & AgingSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.52 inchesWeight:0.304Product ID:SCPRN5P3EA
Gabrielzyk, Jessica: - Jessica Gabrielzyk is a Brazilian author living in Switzerland. She writes about change.Her books address what most parenting and expat resources leave unnamed. Maternity Abroad covers what no pregnancy book tells you when you are giving birth in a foreign country. My First American Coloring Book gives children a visual map of daily American life before the unfamiliar becomes overwhelming. Parenting Unpacked names the identity crisis that accompanies parenthood abroad. It maps the loss of felt competence, the inherited scorecard, and the slow rebuild of becoming someone coherent again.Her work is endorsed by Ruth E. Van Reken, co-author of Third Culture Kids, and selected for the SIETAR Europa Congress Valencia 2026. She is a member of SIETAR and the International Academy of Brazilian Literature.She writes in English because in Portuguese she is silly but in English she is funny funny.Serafim, Raquel: - Raquel Serafim is an art director and digital design professional with over 20 years of experience crafting innovative visual solutions. She has a strong background in leading creative teams and developing impactful visual campaigns, always keeping creativity aligned with business goals.Marcondes, Francine: - Francine Marcondes is an illustrator from the interior of São Paulo, Brazil. Specializing in editorial illustration, each of her pieces is born from an attentive and passionate perspective, capable of inspiring and welcoming.
Publisher: Keep It Simple Publishing

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