--- title: Donna Gorman | TIME description: Donna Scaramastra Gorman is the author of Am I Going to Starve to Death?: A Survival Guide for the Foreign Service Spouse. She, her husband and their four kids have been posted in Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, China, Jordan and the U.S. They are currently living in Moscow. canonical: https://time.com/author/donna-gorman/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/donna-gorman/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Donna Gorman  ## Donna Gorman Donna Scaramastra Gorman is the author of _Am I Going to Starve to Death?: A Survival Guide for the Foreign Service Spouse_. She, her husband and their four kids have been posted in Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, China, Jordan and the U.S. They are currently living in Moscow.  ## Donna Gorman *  Sep 6, 2016 ### [How to Help Your Kid With Math Even if You Suck at it](https://time.com/4444089/how-to-help-your-kid-with-math-even-if-you-suck-at-it/) It's changed since your day, but don't worry *  Mar 7, 2016 ### [Infants Understand More Than You Think, Study Shows](https://time.com/4249758/study-shows-infants-understand-more-than-we-think/) They know when they don't know something *  Feb 3, 2016 ### [How Your Depression Can Hurt Your Kids' School Performance](https://time.com/4205928/how-your-depression-can-hurt-your-kids-school-performance/) Study says girls are more affected than boys *  Dec 1, 2015 ### [Why It's Great to Have a Stubborn Child](https://time.com/4130665/why-its-great-to-have-a-stubborn-child/) ...at least in the long term, say studies *  Nov 19, 2015 ### [How to Keep Your Family Safe While You're Overseas](https://time.com/4120986/how-to-keep-your-family-safe-while-youre-overseas/) If the worst happens, these tips will help you be prepared *  Nov 6, 2015 ### [How to Parent Like a Diplomat](https://time.com/4102926/how-to-parent-like-a-diplomat/) Recalibrate your tolerance for risk *  Oct 5, 2015 ### [How to Parent Like a Russian](https://time.com/4048219/how-to-parent-like-a-russian/) Bedtime? What's bedtime? Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/donna-gorman/","name":"Donna Gorman"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/donna-gorman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/donna-gorman/"},"name":"Donna Gorman","jobTitle":null,"description":"Donna Scaramastra Gorman is the author of Am I Going to Starve to Death?: A Survival Guide for the Foreign Service Spouse. She, her husband and their four kids have been posted in Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, China, Jordan and the U.S. They are currently living in Moscow.","image":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta60eb074947ed036/698866ec524fc01ac3df4dda/donna-author-photo.jpg?branch=production","url":"https://time.com/author/donna-gorman/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```