Why Did I Leave Scandinavia for the US, If It is So Great?

Why would anyone leave the happiest country in the world with one of the best support structures in the world? And now that I'm back, when will we leave?

Hi friends! I get this asked a lot, especially in the US: “Why didn’t you just have kids in Scandinavia or return after you had them—vs. starting a family in the US—when the benefits and the parenting culture is so great?

I have always told myself and others it was because of my career ambitions or because of love, but being in Finland for the fall, I …