Parenting in the Netherlands as an international family can feel overwhelming — but you don’t have to do it alone. DAM Parenting is a weekly podcast supporting international parents through pregnancy, birth, and parenthood in the Dutch system. With 175+ episodes, we explore everything from giving birth in a system you may not fully understand to raising third-culture kids in multilingual homes. Featuring real birth stories, expert insights, and honest conversations, this is your space for clarity, reassurance, and community. You are not alone.
Dam Parenting
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Parenting in the Netherlands as an international family can feel overwhelming — but you don’t have to do it alone. DAM Parenting is a weekly podcast supporting international parents through pregnancy, birth, and parenthood in the Dutch system. With 175+ episodes, we explore everything from giving birth in a system you may not fully understand to raising third-culture kids in multilingual homes. Featuring real birth stories, expert insights, and honest conversations, this is your space for clarity, reassurance, and community. You are not alone.
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Recent Episodes
June 24, 2026
Raising Bilingual Children in the Netherlands: What Summer Travel Really Does for Heritage Language Development
<p>Your child speaks the school language all year without thinking. Your language — the one you grew up in, the one your parents use, the one you hoped would just stick — has to fight for space. And then summer comes. You get on a plane. And suddenly the whole dynamic shifts.</p><p>In this episode, Eva talks to multilingualism specialist Mimi about what really happens to language development when families travel home — and why most parents underestimate how significant that window actually is.</p><p>They talk about the child who understands everything but answers in the wrong language, why love of family isn't always enough motivation, and how to have the conversations that actually help your child build a relationship with their own multilingual identity — not just manage it.</p><p>Practical, honest, and grounded in lived experience as a multilingual parent herself, Mimi brings a warmth to this topic that cuts through the anxiety and gives you something real to do.</p><p>For international families in the Netherlands navigating language, identity, and belonging.</p>
June 20, 2026
Coparenting After Separation in the Netherlands: One Dad's Honest Story
<p>What actually happens after a relationship ends — when you have children together, you're living in the Netherlands, and your village is far away?</p><p>Niko, a German dad, joins us this week to talk honestly about something most men never say out loud: the grief, the guilt, the fear of what separation would do to his kids — and how he came out the other side.</p><p>They talk about growing apart after years together, the question he had to ask himself when staying felt like slowly disappearing, why he believes ending a marriage and ending a family are not the same thing, and how he and his ex built a coparenting relationship they're both proud of.</p><p>This is not a conversation about divorce being easy. It's a conversation about what's possible when two parents put their children first — and take care of themselves in the process.</p><p>For any dad who is struggling and hasn't told anyone yet: this one's for you.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>RESOURCES — Nationwide Netherlands</strong></p><p>For children:</p><ul><li><strong>KIES</strong> (Kinderen In Een Scheiding Situaties) — free municipality-funded support groups for children aged 4–18. Available across the Netherlands. Self-refer or via your child's school. Find your local KIES via: <a href="https://kiesvoorhetkind.nl/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">kiesvoorhetkind.nl</a> or <a href="https://www.kiesamsterdam.nl/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">kiesamsterdam.nl </a>(Amsterdam-specific)</li><li><strong>Villa Pinedo</strong> — online support platform for children and young people with divorced parents. Available in English. Buddy app, forum, and parent resources: <a href="https://volwassenen.villapinedo.nl/english/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">villapinedo.nl/english</a></li></ul><p>For parents:</p><ul><li><strong>Mediation in the Netherlands</strong> — if you need support building a parenting plan, a registered mediator can help. Search via the Dutch Mediation Federation: <a href="https://mfnregister.nl/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">mfnregister.nl</a></li></ul><ul><li><strong>Your gemeente</strong> — ask your local jeugdregisseur (youth coordinator) what coparenting support is available in your area. Every municipality is different.</li></ul><p><br /></p>
June 17, 2026
Why Becoming a Dad Made Me Finally Realise I Had ADD - Mens Mental Health Week
<p>If you became a father and suddenly felt like you couldn't keep up — with the admin, the overwhelm, the switching, the forgetting — this episode is for you.</p><p>Liam, founder of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dadsdoart/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Dads Do Art</a> and familiar Dam Parenting voice, joins Eva to talk about his late ADD diagnosis. What fatherhood revealed that decades of coping had hidden. How he navigated the Dutch healthcare system — the huisarts, the waiting lists, the private vs public route. Why he initially thought he'd fooled the professionals. What medication actually changed, and what it didn't. And the moment his mum arrived at the diagnostic session with every school report from age seven, and everything finally made sense.</p><p>This episode covers: adult ADHD and ADD diagnosis in the Netherlands, neurodiversity and fatherhood, burnout and undiagnosed attention difficulties, ADHD medication, ADHD therapy, and the very first step to take if you think this might be you.</p><p>For international parents in the Netherlands. Every Wednesday.</p>
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