Originally posted on Anne Egros, Expat Life, Career, Executive Coach:
Main Aisle, Macy’s 1st Floor, Black Friday (Photo credit: LarimdaME) When I first moved to New York City from Japan, I never heard about “Black Friday”. I remember the Macy’s Parade in the streets of NYC for…
I just read a post by Tatu and thought that listing up a few things to say to a parent of a child with a disability would help a bit. A while ago I wrote a blog about what to say to parents with twins because I am […]
If you live in the Netherlands, today you will experience how a whole country – children and adults! – are gek (crazy) about Sinterklaas. Sinterklaas (also known as Sint Nicolaas or Sint Nikolaas, Saint Nicolas in French, Sankt Nikolaus in German) is the traditional Winter holiday figure celebrated […]
I just read an interesting post from Tessa and a parenting course she was following about how to listen to our children. It’s not always possible to give full attention when our child (or our children!) talk to us. The advise Tessa has been given was to stop […]
I’m really pleased to share with you that my blog, Expatsincebirth has been nominated for the Expats Blog Awards! This is a great honour to be included together with other blogs, like DrieCulturen, Europeanmama, Tales from Windmill Fields, Adventures in Integration as well as many more. If you […]
(this post was updated in April 2020) We can find many studies about how to raise “a” or “one” bilingual child, but what happens when you have more than one child? And maybe twins? Will it be possible to keep the initial bilingual or multilingual situation within the […]
Originally posted on Journal of a bilingual family:
A while back InCultureparent magazine asked about French resources on their FB page. I contributed a few off the top of my head, but then realized that I probably know dozens more, given that we’ve been looking for them for…
If you are an expat and move very frequently, you can get tired to learn a new language every two or three years. This is more than understandable. You probably send your children to an international school because this makes the constant moving easier. However, if you want […]
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Expat Since Birth – A Life spent "abroad" 