I say tomato, He says tomahto

Kids and languages My kids got a bit shafted on the mother-tongue front. Although they have dual citizenship, both my husband and I hail from English-speaking backgrounds. He

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Raising multilingual children

Multilingual children When we moved from London to Geneva four years ago, Eldest Son was 3 years-old. Although I’d been speaking to him in Italian since he was

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Why did I pack THAT?

Packing for an overseas relocation When researching this article, I received some excellent and amusing comments on Twitter and Facebook about items that really should not have been

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Raising global nomads

Victoria Beckham I was panting away on an exercise bike the other day reading an article in Glamour with Victoria Beckham . No, I don’t mean Vicky was

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Learning resilience from my expat American toddler: Part 2

How an expat child deals with transition In Part 1 of Learning resilience from my expat toddler, I talked about the difficult transition my daughter had when we

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Learning resilience from my expat American toddler: Part 1

How an expat child deals with transition To say my two-and-a-half year old daughter’s transition from Los Angeles to Belgrade was difficult would be an understatement. I have

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Trouble in paradise

Paradise lost Clara describes her reluctant expat experience and how she dealt with the issues she encountered. An expat in St Lucia We lived in St Lucia from

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An unsettled but very happy Third Culture Kid: Part 3

TCK life – part 3 Cecilia continues her TCK story. On the road again Cecilia in Chennai. “This was taken on my old school campus. It was really

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An unsettled but very happy Third Culture Kid: Part 2

A TCK life – part 2 After her nomadic upbringing described in the previous post, it’s time for Cecilia to move back to her ‘home’ country. Repatriation Cecilia

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An unsettled but very happy Third Culture Kid: Part 1

A TCK life This is the first of a series of three guest posts from Cecilia, charting her upbringing and nomadic adult life. She has lived in numerous

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