Christmas, Covid and expat life

Coronavirus Christmas Well, it’s December… what a truly dreadful year 2020 has been. There is no denying that it’s probably been the most difficult year most of us

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International contact arrangements

It is very important that children are able to maintain and develop good relationships with both parents and their wider families regardless of the physical distances between them.

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The family left behind

When adult children move abroad with their children Imagine… You’ve invested years of your life, raising, nurturing and loving your child. You have watched her grow, watched her

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Staying connected to your child at boarding school

Keeping in touch with boarders Enrolling your child in a boarding school is a huge and heart wrenching decision and not one that you took lightly. Once made

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How to manage family relationships from afar

How to keep distant family close If you are close to your family then it is obviously beneficial to all parties involved if you try to maintain these

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How to keep up to date with home

Keeping the home connections alive When you first move overseas your whole life is dictated by everything new around you. So even though you might feel emotionally attached to

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Christmas abroad

How to experience Christmas overseas Christmas is swathed in cultural and family tradition so living overseas can mean a very different Christmas experience for you! Having spent Christmas

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How to maintain family bonds across borders

How to keep in touch across borders I wrote some time ago about the difficulties of staying in touch with loved ones when you expatriate and how this

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Modern technology and staying in touch

Keeping in touch as an expat The autumn seems to bring a spate of family birthdays – my children, mother-in-law, step-mother, sister-in-law, niece, father and my sister all

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Goodbye is just as important as hello

The importance of goodbyes When you move overseas an important part of your journey is going to be the “goodbye”. How do you say goodbye in the right way? 

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