Parenting Abroad: Raising Kids without Your Village

In this episode, I sit down with Dorcas Akinlade, a working mom in Canada, navigating the unique challenges of raising children thousands of miles away from her extended family.When you become a parent in the diaspora, everything changes. There's no grandmother to call for advice at 2 AM. No aunties to take your kids for the day so you can rest. No cousins to teach them about home. It's just you, your partner ,, and the challenge of building a community from scratch.Dorcas shares her raw, honest journey about:What it's really like to parent alone abroadHow she built community and found her villageTeaching cultural identity when home is far awayThe unexpected gifts of diaspora parentingThis conversation is for every mother raising kids without family support, every expat parent navigating a new country, and every person wondering if you can truly raise happy, well-adjusted children when your traditional village is oceans away.The answer? You already are. And you're doing it better than you think.Listen in, feel seen, and remember: your story matters.#DiasporaMotherhood #RaisingKidsAbroad #UnscriptedMotherhood