Staying connected to ‘home’: part 3

More activities to help your expat child remember ‘home’ Continuing our look at some more activities that we as parents and caregivers can do to honor and celebrate

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Staying connected to ‘home’: part 2

More activities to help your child remember previous homes Continued from here. A look at some more activities that we as parents and caregivers can do to honor

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Staying connected to ‘home’: part 1

Help your expat child to remember ‘home’ “I wish we could go home and have lunch at the chicken lady’s place,” casually remarked my six year old son.

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Expat stress and the trailing spouse

Expat stress My post on expat stress was intended to be a short one, but I obviously struck my own nerve and off it went with a life

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Expat stresses

What stress can an expat possibly have? I don’t assume that everyone who visits this site is excited and thrilled by an overseas move – searches that arrive

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How to help your children cope with tragedies they see on the news

First published on 16th April 2013 in response to the Boston marathon bombing. Yesterday’s appalling news from Boston serves to highlight how easy it is for horrible things

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How to prepare your child to handle an emergency

Be prepared for emergencies The very idea of your child being forced to deal with a scary and strenuous emergency situation is probably downright repellent, but as a

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Stress relief quotes

Stressed! It’s all been getting a bit much for me over the past few days with all the upheaval in my life – moving overseas again, sorting out

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How to cope when things go wrong

Be prepared for major emergencies Expatriates generally have a lot of support in their host country, you may not be aware of it but it will be there.

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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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