My first link love post of 2018 – yay! Did you make New Year’s resolutions? Usually we do, but this year we didn’t. Oh well, usually I’m also sharing these links on the second Friday of the month in a Friday Link Love, but I was busy hosting a birthday party for a teenager yesterday. That’s why you get my January Link Love on this sunny and lazy Saturday. Maybe it’s going to be a year of flexibility and change?!
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NPR broadcasted an interesting three-piece report about Germany’s strong apprenticeship program which is the key for its manufacturing might and export machine.
My friend sent me this podcast about How to make hard choices. I found it very interesting and revealing. The only problem is that when it comes to the important decision that I want to make, I can’t only think about myself and my values.
I recently started listening to the German podcast “Das Thema” of the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”. I can highly recommend it.
This German article “Wir brauchen strengere Handy-Regeln” (We need stricter smart phone rules”) contains two simple rules how to limit your own phone time and how to be a better role model for your children.
These phrases can give parents an indication of whether their child is suffering from anxiety.
My friend and I were talking about what books could teach our 10-year old girls the love of reading and she told me about the classic “The wrinkle in time”. My 14-year old actually read it in two days. It was just made into a movie and Oprah Winfrey feels like they made the new ‘Wizard of Oz’ for another generation.
Here you can read Sarah Silverman’s response to a sexist tweet. “I see you.” is a good way to acknowledge a fellow man and Lolly Daskal explains beautifully what this phrase really means.
Holly Butcher gave the world some great advice before she passed away. And her letter is once more a reminder to live in the moment and to cherish what you have. And to eat the cake. RIP Holly.
Sara Zaske wrote a book. I mentioned her and her article “How To Parent Like a German” many times and I’m really looking forward to read her book “Achtung Baby. An American Mom on the German Art of Raising Self-Reliant Children”.
Funnily, the article “Letting kids light matches and 9 other seemingly scary things that German parents do” in the Chicago Tribune was written by my namesake Nara Schoenberg. I bet here name is actually Schönberg, too, but as we all know Americans don’t do the Umlaut 😉
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You can also watch Ruth Changs Ted Talk about hard choices here:
If you need a morning yoga routine, try this 15-minute flow session from Ekhart Yoga. It’s short and good.
And here’s the trailer The wrinkle in time:
I’m looking forward to share more articles, videos, books, podcasts and other fun stuff with you this year. If you’ve read an interesting article or have a great book recommendation, please leave a comment and share some of the love. Danke!
Have a great rest of the (long) weekend!
