Parenting

Shoutout: We’re proudly partnering with Birkenstock to bring you Life In My Shoes: A series of interviews with parents from all around the world. Life in My Shoes: Parenting in Port Hedland, Western Australia Bobbi Lockyer talks about capturing culture, women’s rights, becoming an artist and raising four boys. Family. I live in Port Hedland: a mining […]

Shoutout: We’re proudly partnering with Birkenstock to bring you Life In My Shoes: A series of interviews with parents from all around the world. Location: New York City, USA – Life in My Shoes with Cynthia Edorh discussing her Togolese-Canadian heritage, single parenting in New York, and the need for community connection. Family. I’m a 39-year-old photographer, […]

Location: Kyoto City, Japan. Life in My Shoes with Atsuko Nakagawa, discussing co-sleeping, family traditions and the importance of community. Shoutout: We’re proudly partnering with Birkenstock to bring you Life In My Shoes: A series of interviews with parents from all around the world. WORK AND CREATIVITY We mainly work on picture books and illustrations; however, we […]

Location: Canberra, Australia – Life in My Shoes with Dr Kyl Myers discussing gender creative parenting,  finding love and growing up Mormon. Shoutout: We’re proudly partnering with Birkenstock to bring you Life In My Shoes: A series of interviews with parents from all around the world. Family. I’m an American gender-queer woman, use “they/them” and “she/her” pronouns, […]

Location: Western Iberia, Portugal – Life in My Shoes with Cat discussing living in a goat shed,  birthday traditions and sweet neighbours. Shoutout: We’re proudly partnering with Birkenstock to bring you Life In My Shoes: A series of interviews with parents from all around the world. Growing up. I grew up in a small town in the […]

Location: South London, UK – Life in My Shoes with Sophia Cook discussing Tinder, culture, food, life learnings and having two kids under one. Shoutout: We’re proudly partnering with Birkenstock to bring you Life In My Shoes: A series of interviews with parents from all around the world.  Family I live with my husband Simon (Cookie), our two […]

Location: Essex, UK – Life In My Shoes with Nina Tame, discussing collecting kitsch, tattoos, disability and motherhood in the UK. Shoutout: We’re proudly partnering with Birkenstock to bring you Life In My Shoes: A series of interviews with parents from all around the world.  About me. I was born disabled but didn’t lose my […]

– Mandy Nolan Getting a drivers licence has become an adolescent rite of passage. In fact there’s an expectation that the afternoon of Sweet Sixteen is spent at the RTA. I believe that isn’t an acronym for the Road and Traffic Authority but rather what you are about to experience for the next year: Random […]

WHEN ANNA KÖVECSES FOUND HERSELF ON A BOAT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WITH THREE KIDS AND NO TOYS, SHE IMPROVISED: WITH SOME PAPER AND A PAIR OF SCISSORS, SHE MADE SOME OF HER OWN. Instead of buying toys, you make simple playthings for your son, Abel. Tell us how this project started? The project […]

When her husband left her with three children, Janet Hoggarth did what no one expected: she moved in with her friends. /// When my ex left in May 2008, Lilla was almost five, Teya was three and Danny was just one. I felt like he had died and that I would never feel ‘normal’ ever […]

We collaborated with ecostore + artist Dawn Tan to create the funnest, most colourful bath time experience. You’ll need: ecostore Bubble Bath Water Kitchen Mixer Natural food colouring or Shop bought food colouring If you’re choosing natural try using colouring from beetroot or turmeric! Juicing a small beetroot or using a teaspoon of ground turmeric […]

Chat with author and mum Chaneen Saliee about finding your own way in motherhood. Interview by Tekie Quaye How would you describe yourself? As a very big-hearted person who has a deep underlying passion and connection with others in the world. I’m very creative and I’m always on the move. I’m excited about life and […]