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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Are expat kids happy?

My own expat child This post is a little different from the normal articles I put on this site. Mainly because it is personal, but I feel it’s

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Happy travels with young children: Part 3

Steps to happy travels with young children (no matter how long the flight) Shelby continues her invaluable tips for surviving long distance flights with young children; keeping the

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Happy travels with young children: Part 2

Steps to happy travels with young children (no matter how long the flight) Shelby regularly travels with her three children and has learned many ways to keep them

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Happy travels with young children: Part 1

Steps to happy travels with young children (no matter how long the flight) I am strongly contemplating adding a new bullet point to my résumé: I am a

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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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Dealing with culture shock

Coping with culture shock Culture shock can be debilitating. As I mentioned previously, culture shock tends to hit the non-working partner harder than other members of the family.

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Minimizing culture shock in both parent and child

Coping strategies for culture shock Expat parents and children can experience culture shock on more than one occasion. The obvious time for culture shock to strike is when

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Help your expat child to be happy

Not all expat kids are happy Previously, we looked at how to recognise that your child is unhappy. After identifying that your child is unhappy in their new

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An unhappy expat child

“I am an expat child and I don’t like it” This Google search term led a young reader to ‘Expat Child’, which was a shock, and gave rise

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