Resources tagged with: Family Tips
My father knew well in advance, like twelve months before, that we would be moving. He really put thought into what me and my siblings needed in order to have a soft landing in Germany. His conclusion was that language was crucial in order to settle in, so he came...
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How to understand the hidden rules, changing routines and everyday surprises of school across borders The school year is underway. The morning routine may already be taking shape, school messages may be arriving through an unfamiliar app, and your child may already have opinions about lunch, homework, classmates or the...
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The Return No One Prepares You For Ellen had been counting down to this move for months. Not the one three years ago, when she and Thomas packed up their life in Rotterdam for Singapore. This one: the move back. She expected relief. Familiar streets, her mother two metro stops...
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You were born in China, but you were only twenty months old when we repatriated. That time seems so long ago, the memories so distant. Literally. We moved back to the small town we came from, and rarely tell the stories of our international assignment as the experience is so...
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Rodrigo is planning the family’s summer vacation. What should feel fun and exciting is starting to feel like an exercise in frustration and self-doubt. Two years ago, he and Marcela moved with their sons, Benjamín and Tomás, from Chile to Calgary for Marcela’s job. Back then, the idea of living...
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“Is This Right for Us?” The opportunity came with just two weeks to decide. Marc had been offered a role he’d been working toward for years: regional director for his company’s Asia-Pacific operations. It was a career leap, complete with relocation support and a three-year contract in Singapore. But when...
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Creating Belonging Across Difference On their first Monday morning in a new country, the Rahman-Lewis family arrived at the school gate carrying too many things. There were lunchboxes, water bottles, half-completed forms, a school bag that would not quite close, and a folder of documents that Maya had been told...
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Nina sat at the dining table, her laptop open and her notebook filled with scribbled reminders: Wash the kids’ clothes, Research local doctors, Confirm residency paperwork. Her 6-year-old son, Max, tugged on her sleeve, asking if she could help him find his favorite toy. “In a minute,” she said distractedly,...
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The plan was simple: three years abroad. When Sarah and Mark left Australia for Italy, they packed for what they thought would be a temporary chapter. A few suitcases, a clear career step, and a quiet confidence that life would eventually return to what it had been before. Twenty years...
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A collaborative article with Colette White and Expat Valley When women relocate internationally, much of the preparation tends to focus on external transitions: visas, housing, schools, language, logistics. But for many women in midlife, there is another transition unfolding at the same time, one that is often far less visible...
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