Resources tagged with: Family Relocation Experience
A text exchange between two 16-year old teenagers attending an international school in an Asian expat hub. They went out last night, and are now checking in with each other to find out what transpired. [video width="528" height="480" mp4="https://www.expatvalley.com/wp-content/uploads/story_30_of_52-480p.mp4"][/video] _ _ _ _ _ Each week we publish a short...
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“Mom, where’s my blue jacket?” asked nine-year-old Ben for the third time that week. His mother, Marie, sighed as she shuffled through a few stray boxes in the living room that hadn’t yet found a home, still untouched months after their move from Germany to France. It was late autumn,...
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Your worlds spread out over two homes, two mothers, two languages, two countries, and two lives. You are brothers. Your dad’s world is a constant effort to foster permanence and security in your brotherhood. He is battling systems that were designed for families living in one home, with one set...
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I could tell by the look on my mom’s face that something terrible had happened. She looked as if she had been crying. She sat us down, and said: “Nan has passed away. It was unexpected, she never had any pain.” We last spoke three days ago. We last hugged...
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The coming six months we’ll be getting ready to go back home. My mom is stressing out already. My dad is wrapping up his project in three months, and most likely he’ll have to fly out to his new job for a few weeks already. We can’t leave yet, as...
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We moved to Australia when she was only 10 months old, with the intention of never going back to the Netherlands. She attended a local Kindy as soon as she was old enough, and though we spoke Dutch at home, she always felt that English was her first language. Watching...
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When your organization recruits someone for an international assignment or transfer, it is often because there is a job to be done in that location. For your colleague to focus on that job and execute it successfully, they need to be able to concentrate. Now, imagine your colleague leaving home...
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Most, if not all, global workforce employers host an “Assignment Briefing” conversation with their employee. With Family Concerns being a major risk to assignment success, identifying and addressing Family Concerns early on is a great way to set-up for success ánd improve your organization’s Employee Experience. Or, as we like...
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It is that time of the year again: the end of the academic year is rapidly approaching in many countries around the globe. And as a consequence, there is a long school break coming up. If there is an “ideal time to move for international families”, that long school break...
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Meet Bloom. Bloom is our symbol for a child living a happy childhood, growing up to become the best version of themselves. The saying goes: “It takes a village to raise a child.” It means that a community of people is needed for a child to grow up successfully in...
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