Expat life vs Lockdown life

The culture shock of COVID19 and lockdown life I originally published a shortened version of this on LinkedIn on 9th April 2020 “Nothing is so painful to the

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Benefits and challenges of TCK life

Who are Third Culture Kids? This is a link to an interesting article about the experience of being a TCK (Third Culture Kid) published in Psychology Today With

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5 reasons why raising children overseas is great!

Expat child benefits Understandably, the idea of uprooting your family from their home and moving them half way across the world can be incredibly daunting – and that’s

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Displaced expatriate children

Difficulties and crises in child migration The boundless new opportunities awaiting an expatriate family are well advertised, but the psychological problems and social issues experienced by migrating children

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Causes of Expat Child Syndrome

Expat Child Syndrome – know the causes so you can help your child In my previous post about Expat Child Syndrome, I introduced you to the condition, which

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Expat Child Syndrome

What is Expat Child Syndrome? Expat Child Syndrome, which is commonly shortened to ECS, is a term that is used to describe the emotional stress some children experience

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Third Culture Kids: our global future?

Who are Third Culture Kids? In the first exploration into the ‘imagined community’ of Expatria we established some of its key statistical contours, a rudimental mapping of a

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How many expats are there?

Expatria, the biggest country you have never heard of! Here we take ‘expat’ to mean anyone who lives outside of their nation of origin for at least six

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How would you feel if your child became an expat adult?

Would you like for your child to become an expat? St. John’s International School conducted a poll among expat parents and asked “Would you like for your child

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Do expat kids become expat adults?

Expat children become expats as adults A recent poll conducted by St. John’s among adults who grew up as expat children shows that the large majority of them

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