Kids on a plane – alone!

Unaccompanied children If you need to put your child on a flight on their own it can be a lot more stressful for you than for them. Your

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Flying with children – how to stay sane

Seven tips to help keep your sanity If you are moving abroad with young children then it will surely come to pass that you will be flying with

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How to help your children say goodbye

Expat and school farewells It’s that time of year when people start moving away. Many families choose this time of year to relocate as it ties in well

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Teach kids the value of money

Spoiling versus pampering There’s a difference between being spoiled and being pampered. When my middle child was well past the fabled terrible twos, we had one major episode

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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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What you need to know about maternity cover

Maternity cover and health insurance Did you know that maternity cover cannot be purchased after you have become pregnant? Too many expectant mothers only discover this when they

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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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Having a baby in Bangkok

Where to give birth in Asia? Golden statues of Buddha looking over a sleeping baby Having a baby in Bangkok was better than I expected. I never thought

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