#children growing up abroad

A Quick Guide for Moving Abroad with Children for a New Career

Moving to another country with children for a new job opportunity is exciting! The moment we get an offer to work abroad, our minds are filled with ho...

Interviews

Jane from the U.K. | On Raising Kids in 3 Different Countries, Becoming an entrepreneur, and why Germany is Home

**Tell us about yourself:** I was born in Liverpool and raised in Chester and lived there until 2000. That was the year everything changed! I qualifie...

Frankfurt

The Master List for Children’s Halloween Activities in and around Frankfurt

There are only a few traditions from back in the States that I still celebrate as an American living abroad in Germany. One of them is Halloween! Now ...

Kita

The “Eingewöhnungszeit” | 4 Tips for Managing the Adaptation Period at Kita

Since starting Kita, many parents have been telling me that the Eingewöhnungszeit (adaptation period) is oftentimes harder on the parents than it is o...

International Community

How I am Living a more Unconventional Life since Raising Children Abroad in Germany

There is nothing like a trip back “home” to the U.S. to help me reflect on [how much I have changed since moving abroad to Germany](https://theelternh...

Parenting Tips

Learnings from Raising Multicultural Children Abroad as a Woman of Color

I am twice an immigrant. The first time I moved abroad, my family and I migrated to the U.S. in 1997 in search of what we believed to be the “America...

Parenting Tips

How I Managed to Travel throughout 7 Countries During my Child’s First Year

Before becoming a mom, I remember I had some anxieties around what this change would mean for me. **What will my daily life abroad look like now as a ...

Kita

We Have a Spot for Kita, now what? Tips for Preparing Your Family for Nursery School

After over a year of searching, we finally have a spot in a nursery school (_die Krabbelstuben/die Kindertagesstätte or “die_ _Kita”_). The process wa...

International Community

Pretzels & Platanos | Raising Multicultural Children Abroad in Germany

I often joke with my husband about how Dominican and German cultures are complete opposites! Two worlds that before felt more apart to me than anythin...

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