INTRODUCTION
In this section you can find real life stories submitted by other expat parents such as yourself. Please feel free to leave a comment on a story or to let us know if there is a topic you would like us to cover.
Would you like to share your own story with other expat parents? If so, please email it to us at:
stories@nomadparents.com.
Monday 05 November 2012 at 01:29 am
By Lynn Morrison
My husband has been out of town for the last five days, leaving me home alone with a 3.5 year old and a 20 month old. During his absence, the washing machine has overflowed, the car has broken down and one child has had a mega cold. Yet somehow, in spite of all of the extra stress, I am coping fine with his absence. My secret? I have developed a stress-management strategy for coping while one partner is away. Here are my tips:
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Friday 02 November 2012 at 05:59 am
By Lea Pereira, Clinical Psychologist at
Psychology Leiden
Parents are often reluctant to take their child to see a psychologist or a psychotherapist. Some people seem to believe that only if there’s something very wrong with the child should he/she go to a psychologist. Or that if they are too young it doesn’t make sense to take them thinking "how could they understand?".
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Thursday 01 November 2012 at 12:37 am
(I recently discovered the website http://expatchild.com/ and was so excited to see all of the content Carole has posted to help parents when moving abroad. I invited her to write an article for Nomad Parents so that you could find out more about this valuable resource. Please check out her site if you are looking for more general tips and advice about moving internationally with kids.)
By Carole Hallett Mobbs
Settling in to a new home can take some time. If that new home is in an entirely different country, the transition can be difficult as you try to make your new house into a home, whilst at the same time trying to discover how to negotiate the numerous changes in your lifestyle.
Some planning prior to your relocation will help you and your children adjust to your new life more quickly. There may be several weeks, or even months, before all your belongings arrive and surviving in the interim can be challenging. You need to take certain items with you and the careful selection of these will help you and your children settle more easily.
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Saturday 27 October 2012 at 04:18 am
By Lynn Morrison
I am American and my husband is Italian. We have two daughters, ages 1.5 and 3.5, who have lived their entire lives in the Netherlands. I recently had an eye-opening conversation with my eldest. I told her that I was American, papa was Italian, and I asked her where she was from. Her answer: I'm Nederlands.
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Wednesday 24 October 2012 at 11:45 pm
By Lynn Morrison
Are you looking for some new ideas to liven up your playgroup? Here are some great ones:
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Thursday 18 October 2012 at 03:55 am
By Lynn Morrison
My husband is Italian and I am American. In 2009 we moved to the Netherlands with our 2-month-old daughter and none of us spoke any Dutch. Fast forward three years and we now have a very talkative three year old who regularly insists that she speaks only “Nederlands”. This is what we have learned about what you can expect when you send your child to daycare in a non-native language.
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Monday 15 October 2012 at 3:35 pm
By Lynn Morrison
Temps are dropping, leaves are falling and soon the time will change. And all of that means one thing: pumpkin season! I hardly ever write about food, but I got inspired by Jess (
writer of the beautiful blog "Aesthetic Fauna") to write up some of my pumpkin cooking adventures. If anyone has other recipes or cooking tips to share, feel free to send them my way!
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Monday 15 October 2012 at 2:56 pm
By Lynn Morrison
A friend recently asked me if I wanted her to bring me anything back from the US. Offers like this don't come around very often, so I stopped to really think about what I might need. The answer stunned me. I didn't need anything.
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