The role and identity of a parent differs in many ways around the globe.

So for Mothers Day , HuffPost chatted with a handful of American moms who are either currently living abroad or who have lived abroad while raising kids to see what they learned about motherhood traditions and what surprised them about parenting in different parts of the world.

Check out their insights below.

Starr Session Varga Hungary

Starr Session Varga is the blogger behind Black Girl in Budapest . She and her husband moved from Los Angeles to Budapest, Hungary, in 2017, and Session Varga gave birth to their first child last year.