Expert on Raising Bilingual Children Speaks Out

Globalization requires we arm our children with more than the three Rs; foreign language skills are in demand as the marketplace shrinks to a global village. Christine Louise Hohlbaum, award-winning writer and mother of two bilingual children, talks with NPR radio host, Bobbi Conner, on the Parents Journal the week of August 4th on how to raise bilingual children in todays environment.

(PRWEB) August 8, 2004 -- Hohlbaum has authored several parenting books using her own personal examples about raising bilingual children, including Diary of a Mother: Parenting Stories and Other Stuff and SAHM I Am: Tales of a Stay-at-Home Mom (forthcoming). She currently writes serial fiction for AnotherChapter.com. American Housewife Abroad" reflects the challenges of raising children in a bicultural environment.

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Hohlbaum currently teaches English to business professionals in the Munich area for the language school LBT Languages.

Her first book, Diary of a Mother, is about an Ivy League-educated career woman turned child-dedicated housewife in New England. It is available on amazon.com. Her second book, SAHM I Am, examines life in a German-American speaking household. It will be released spring 2005.

Christine Louise Hohlbaum went from career woman to supermom" rapidly. She holds a combined M.A. in International Relations, German and English Literature and, until the birth of her first child in 1999, she was actively involved in modern dance. Christine is a sought-after radio guest and writes several regular parenting columns. Christine is also a marketing expert and teaches other authors about book promotion in her on-line course, How to Market Your Book" with the exclusive publishing house for mom writers, Moms In Print. Hohlbaum, a Virginia native, currently lives with her husband, Andreas, and two children, Sophia and Jackson, near Munich, Germany.

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