Surviving Covid-19 in a Foreign Land: Stories of Expats and Migrants Around the World

Author: Irina Sirbu, Inna Rothmann Language: English Summary: The rules have changed, but life goes on. What is it like to live through the pandemic if you are stranded in a foreign land? Ten characters, expats and migrants, from all over the world find themselves cut off from their homelands, cultures and families at the time of COVID-19 pandemic. Overcoming the initial shock and fear, … Continue reading Surviving Covid-19 in a Foreign Land: Stories of Expats and Migrants Around the World

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English, How-to Guides, Stories and Experiences

Being a Distance Grandparent: A Book for ALL Generations (Distance Families)

Author: Helen Ellis M.A.

Language: English

Summary: Is your family geographically scattered? Has globalisation made your family a Distance Family? This book tells the candid story of how Distance Parents and Distance Grandparents struggle – and succeed – to adapt to their new reality. This isn’t family life as they had imagined it.If you are a Distance Parent or Distance Grandparent, all those how, why and what-if questions will find answers in these pages. You’ll realise, perhaps for the first time, that you’re not alone on your journey. Continue reading “Being a Distance Grandparent: A Book for ALL Generations (Distance Families)”

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Europe, Italiano, New Cultures

Il consolo

Author: Orsola Severini Language: Italiano Summary: Orsola ha trentaquattro anni, due figli piccoli, una bella casa ai Parioli, un lavoro part-time per stare dietro alla famiglia, un grosso cane e una vita apparentemente perfetta. Nonostante una ferrea educazione femminista e comunista, la sua realizzazione maggiore è essere madre, lo ha sognato sin da quando era bambina e le sono piaciute talmente tanto le sue due … Continue reading Il consolo

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English, How-to Guides, New Cultures, Stories and Experiences

Raising Up a Generation of Healthy Third Culture Kids: A Practical Guide to Preventive Care

Author: Lauren Wells Language: English Summary: If we could ensure that our TCKs would grow up healthy and resilient, we would do it in a heartbeat. In Raising up a Generation of Healthy Third Culture Kids, Lauren Wells has gifted us with a gentle guide and a preventive health primer, unique in the field of third culture kid literature. This book is a goldmine of … Continue reading Raising Up a Generation of Healthy Third Culture Kids: A Practical Guide to Preventive Care

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English, How-to Guides

Holding the Fort Abroad: Beyond Surviving – living and parenting abroad with a partner who works away from home

Author: Rhoda Bangerter Language: English Summary: You moved away to be closer together.But now you’re further apart than ever.Your partner’s job opportunity in another country seemed like an exciting idea, but lengthy work assignments mean you’re holding down the family fort – alone. If you’re living an expat life and find yourself parenting solo due to a partner’s frequent business travel, you’ll be asking yourself: … Continue reading Holding the Fort Abroad: Beyond Surviving – living and parenting abroad with a partner who works away from home

annacereti25 November 20225 November 2022Leave a comment

English, How-to Guides

Raising global nomads: parenting abroad in an on-demand world

Author: Robin Pascoe

Language: English

Summary: A lot has changed since well-known Canadian author Robin Pascoe wrote Culture Shock! A Parent’s Guide. The world has become globalized, digitalized, and sadly, terrorized. That’s the big picture that Pascoe examines in Raising Global Nomads. In her own life, the author’s day job raising her two children has ended as her daughter begins a career as an environmental activist and her son heads to university. In her fifth book for expatriate families, the author recounts with honesty and trademark humour what worked for her family and shares the hard lessons learned. Parenting styles in general, and of third culture kids in particular, have changed dramatically, prompting this timely and comprehensive reexamination of the challenges of parenting abroad — Source: amazon.com

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