​Joanna Francis from Miette Handmade has recently returned to Melbourne after spending six months living in France with her French husband and their two kids Anouk and Leo. We ask her definitively whether French children really do throw food (newsflash: they totally do!) and what its like to raise bilingual kids. 

With a background in international aid work, including a stint living in Afghanistan, we talk about how to talk to your kids about different cultures and teaching empathy, plus how to prepare for long plane flights with little kids.

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Picture this: your husband comes home and says he has a great job offer overseas. Not in New York, not London, but in... Detroit? If you are Michelle Francis, you grab hold of the opportunity with both hands, pack up your three daughters and all your possessions and move!

Local creatives may know Michelle from Frankie and Swiss, the boutique digital printing business that Michelle founded with her sister Jacquie Swies. Michelle still plays a big part in Frankie and Swiss, albeit remotely. She discusses what it really like to live in the US of A, (big portions! community spirit! guns!) and shares a story of her run-in with the cops.