Flying when pregnant

Flying during pregnancy Many women will need to fly when they are pregnant, whether for a wedding, business trip or a well- deserved relaxing ‘baby-moon’. Whatever the reason,

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TCK – a cultural identity crisis?

Third Culture Kids, ‘home’ and identity I can be brown, I can be blue, and now I’m a TCK, too! I have been reading about TCK’s, Third Culture

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What to expect on board the plane when flying with a baby

What to expect when flying with a baby This information is a general ‘what to expect once you are boarding or are on board the flight,’ so you

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Leaving party ideas for kids

Going-away party ideas for kids Help your children have a smooth transition to a new home with a leaving party with their friends. Saying goodbye is hardly party

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Culture shock in children

Kids experience culture shock too On the whole, most children are more resilient to change than adults. However, culture shock can strike children in its own special way. Depending

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Saying goodbye

Help make moving home easier for your kids For very young children, moving house can be very hard indeed. They have become accustomed to their home, their room,

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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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Moving abroad with children with disabilities

Strategies to help children with disabilities make the transition to a new country Change is difficult for any child but for those with disabilities it can be even

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Keeping track of third culture kids: part 2

While her brothers ‘just’ went AWOL and were soon found again, third culture kid Clara had more dramatic incidents to worry her family about! Emergency overseas Anyway, the

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Keeping track of third culture kids: part 1

Wandering nomads It’s never easy letting go of your children, whatever their age and wherever you live. But when they are still teenagers or young adults and you

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