This series took place in Spring 2026 and is now complete.

Curious about upcoming ParentLab courses? See what’s coming next.

About the series

Parenting Across Cultures brings together four baby-friendly conversations for parents living between countries, languages, and cultural expectations.

The sessions focus on shared experience, conversation, and practical perspective, with space to hear how others are navigating similar questions.

Babies are welcome, or you can come solo, no matter how old your kids are. Noise, movement, feeding, and stepping out are all expected and embraced.

Each session can be joined on its own, or as part of the full series.

What parents are saying

Intentionally small group to allow real conversation. Come for one session that speaks to you, or join the full series.

Practical Details

Price:
200DKK per session or
695DKK for full 4-part series (save 105dkk)

When:
Session 1 – Parenting Third Culture Kids
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
10:00-11:30AM

Session 2 – Raising Multilingual Children
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
10:00-11:30AM

Session 3 – Between Cultures, Between Expectations
Wednesday, 15 April 2026
10:00-11:30AM

Session 4 – Stories We Carry
Tuesday, 21 April 2026
10:00-11:30AM

Join one session or the full series.

Where: Cafe Sweet Surrender

Language: English (always)

Format: In-person, babies welcome. Small, discussion-based group.

Intentionally small group to allow real conversation. Come for one session that speaks to you, or join the full series.

This might be for you if you…

  • are raising children across cultures, whether you’re international or Danish

  • want to meet others navigating language, identity, and belonging

  • enjoy thoughtful conversation and new perspectives

  • are tired, juggling a lot, or still figuring things out.

If a few of these resonate, you’ll likely feel at home in the room.

Join us

Meet the Facilitators

Smiling woman with short brown hair and earrings, wearing a white sweater, against a plain background.

Parenting Third Culture Kids

Carly Spring is the founder of ParentLab and holds a Master’s in Intercultural Communication. She has spent her academic and professional life working across cultures and bringing international people together, with a focus on community building and group facilitation.

She is also the mother of two young boys. Parenting far from home shaped both the creation of ParentLab and her approach to creating spaces where parents can think out loud, meet others, and stay connected to themselves alongside their children.

Raising Multilingual Children

Carly Theodosi is a highly experienced Speech and Language Therapist from London, with a strong professional focus on communication, identity, and development. Her work is guided by current evidence and grounded in a belief that communication is central to connection, belonging, and participation.

Carly brings both clinical expertise and lived experience to conversations about how children grow up navigating language and culture. She is a native English speaker raising children in Denmark and is learning Danish alongside her daughters.

She is open about the fact that she did not grow up multilingual, although language complexity has always been part of her family story. This perspective allows her to speak honestly to the questions, uncertainty, and emotion that often accompany language choices in families, alongside clear, evidence-based guidance.

Stories We Carry

Byurakn Ishkhanyan’s background spans medicine, neuroscience, and creative writing, with a core strength in helping people make sense of complexity. Her work focuses on synthesis, judgment, and clarity in situations where there are no simple answers, including the thicket of parenthood. She is an author of two books. Her writing delves into themes of identity and belonging.

Byurakn facilitates creative writing sessions both in Copenhagen and in Aarhus, mostly for international women. She is one of the founding members of the writing collective Aarhus Women Write, where international women with diverse backgrounds meet and share their stories and passion for writing.

She holds a PhD in Psycho- and neurolinguistics, giving her deep expertise in how language, meaning, and identity interact across cognitive and cultural contexts.

Byurakn has recently become a mother, and is personally engaged in the questions this series explores. For her, this session offers a creative counterbalance to her scientific work, and a way to support parents in making sense of their lives as they shift and expand. As an Armenian parent raising a child in Denmark, she brings lived experience of navigating language, culture, and belonging alongside professional insight.

Between Cultures, Between Expectations

IIsa Benros works with parents, creating time and space for reflection, connection, and conversation during a period of major change.

Her background and training focus primarily on supporting mothers, and she brings this lens into work that is open to all parents. Isa has been brought up between cultures herself and is also raising bicultural children, giving her a firsthand understanding of how parenting expectations and cultural norms can collide or evolve when families span more than one culture.

Isa is an anthropologist by training and a certified postpartum practitioner. She facilitates group programs for parents, including initiatives for Danish and international families in Copenhagen, alongside her one-to-one therapeutic work at Zia Behandlerhus.

About the venue

A cozy playroom with a wooden bench with colorful pillows, a small table with chairs, wall-mounted shelves with books and toys, and children's drawings on the wall. There are stuffed animals and a toy garage on the floor.

Café Sweet Surrender

Exterior of a café with black double doors, two black wall-mounted lanterns, and a sign that says 'CAFÉ' above the entrance. There are outdoor tables and chairs, a chalkboard menu, and decorative flowers outside.

Café Sweet Surrender is a family-friendly non-profit café in Vesterbro with all the amenities you and your baby might need.

You can find safe stroller parking outside, baby-changing facilities, toys and soft flooring for the little ones, and perhaps most importantly – delicious coffee & food! ParentLab courses will be held in a private room at the back of the café.

ParentLab customers can enjoy a sandwich/drink combo deal for just 90DKK.

  • 4-minute walk from the Enghave Plads Metro

  • 8-minute walk to the Dybbølsbro train station

  • Many nearby buses.

 

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What parents have said

“I loved it! It has been really nice to talk to other parents about the thoughts I had on identity, but now equipped with the right vocabulary, it felt like we understood each other well!”

“I had such a great time. It was honestly a really lovely and insightful workshop!”

“I feel rejuvenated. It was so refreshing to meet and talk with likeminded people.”