Staying Mentally Well while Parenting in Paris

Papas in Paris: Fatherhood, Community, and Partnership As a Foreigner in France

Is it hard to move to a foreign country, build community, raise kids? The short answer is yes, but it's worth it. Parentalitè co-hosts Joelle Benoliel and Rachelle Chapman discuss the art of community building with Jeffrey Paul Coleman [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypcoleman/]. Jeffrey is a career coach, family man and co-host of the Papas in Paris podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/papas-in-paris/id1876794389]. We talk with Jeffrey about fatherhood in France, multiculturalism and staying connected to your family and yourself. Jeffrey runs a 1 day parenting retreat for people in and around Paris looking to deepen their connection with their kids and build tools to connect with themselves. Learn more about his parenting retreat event here. https://rooted-parenting.lovable.app/ [https://rooted-parenting.lovable.app/] You can find Jeffrey's substack here: https://jeffreypaulcoleman.substack.com [https://jeffreypaulcoleman.substack.com] You can email Jeffrey at jeffrey.paul.coleman@gmail.com [jeffrey.paul.coleman@gmail.com]

Forest School in France: The Wonder of Wandering

There is a forest school in France! Parentalité hosts Joelle Benoliel, Rachelle Chapman interview 🎙️ Garrett Smith founder of the Wander and Wonder Nature Club [https://www.wanderandwonderclub.com] about forest schooling or nature schooling 🍃, the concept, where it came from and bringing it to France. Garrett lead forest school programs across the United States and Europe for many years before him and his family settled in France. His approach is rooted in a simple conviction: young children learn best when they are free to move, explore, and wonder in the natural world. His pedagogy blends the rigor of established forest school traditions with a child-led, observation-based approach — one that honors each child's pace, follows their curiosity, and trusts the wisdom of unstructured time in nature. 🌐 To Find Out More Go To: https://www.wanderandwonderclub.com/about [https://www.wanderandwonderclub.com/about] Parentalité is a collaboration between Message Paris 👶🏻👦🏻👧🏻, an association helping anglophone parents and caretakers of children connect in Île de France, and World Radio Paris. 📻 ARBL Murray (Alex Brook Lynn produced this episode for World Radio Paris. To find out more about Message Paris, go to https://www.messageparis.org [https://www.messageparis.org] To find out more about WRP or donate, visit https://worldradioparis.org/donate/ [https://worldradioparis.org/donate/]

The Roaming Schoolhouse, Bringing Creative Language Learning To France

School is in session on this episode of Parentalité as hosts Joelle Benoliel, Rachelle Chapman and Meg Gerner chat with our guest Derek Ferguson, Scottish dad and director of The Roaming Schoolhouse [https://www.roamingschoolhouse.com/]. TRS offers after-school enrichment, spoken entirely in English, for bilingual students. We discuss the evolution of TRS, and its mission to make learning in English fun and engaging. We also touch on some of the particularities of the French education system, and the challenges of getting your child into college/lycée with international sections. Parentalité is a collaboration between Message Paris, an association helping anglophone parents and caretakers of children connect in Île de France, and World Radio Paris. ARBL Murray (Alex Brook Lynn produced this episode for World Radio Paris. To find out more about Message Paris, go to https://www.messageparis.org [https://www.messageparis.org] To find out more about WRP or donate, visit https://worldradioparis.org/donate/ [https://worldradioparis.org/donate/]

Paris For The Holidays with Children!

These are a few of our favorite things! Paris can be a great place in winter with kids IF you know where to look for things to do! Joelle Benoliel, Rachelle Chapman, and producer ARBL Murray talk about some of their favorite things to do during the holidays with kids from toddler to teen. To find out more about Message Paris go to: https://www.messageparis.org [https://www.messageparis.org] To find out more about WRP or Donate visit: https://worldradioparis.org/donate/ [https://worldradioparis.org/donate/]

Raising Bilingual Children in France

On this episode of Parentalité we talk about the science and culture of raising bilingual children. Sarah (Cheang) Oudet a researcher in the field of autism, bilingualism, and both cognitive and communicative development. As someone who is also raising bilingual kids in France she is uniquely qualified to demystify some of our questions and assumptions around learning multiple languages in general and for nerodivergent kids. Meg Gerner is our host this week. Sarah was the guest speaker at “Fostering Bilingualism: Supporting Your Child’s Language Journey”, an event hosted by Message Paris that occurred on November 5th 2025. Parentalité is a collaboration between Message Paris, an association helping anglophone parents and caretakers of children connect in Île de France, and World Radio Paris. ARBL Murray (Alex Brook Lynn produced this episode for World Radio Paris. To find out more about Message Paris go to: https://www.messageparis.org [https://www.messageparis.org] To find out more about WRP or Donate visit: https://worldradioparis.org/donate/ [https://worldradioparis.org/donate/]