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Raising children for compassion and empathy is becoming one of the key areas of educational work.
When I look at that old photograph, of me as a baby with slightly open eyes, wrapped in a soft blanket, I don't just see myself.
On Veliki Tinj, snow was always viewed differently than elsewhere. Not as white beauty from a postcard, but as a burden.
When I was little, I didn't understand why Grandma used to get up before sunrise every Sunday morning.
In Maribor, where the streets were still quiet in the morning and the sound of the school bell echoed through the park, Melita and Marjana met at the local grammar school.
Marko Horvat comes from Carinthia, but he married into the Prekmurje region. His melodic way of speaking certainly gives away where he's from, even though he's been living in Prekmurje for about six years.
I sat on the swing and thought about my aunt. She was my dad's sister and her husband was my mum's brother.
Lacemaking holds a special place in Slovenia. The Idrija bobbin lace is particularly recognisable in this area.
In the small town of Slovenske Konjice, where mornings smell of freshly baked bread and people still greet each other by name, lives Tatjana Trunkl Sodin.
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