What are the biggest challenges your family is facing?
Being far away from grandma and grandpa?
Finding other families to bond with?
Getting everyone to learn the local language?
Resentment? Some of you are happy others are miserable?
Share your comments below.
Did your kids welcome the move? Or did they go kicking and screaming?
If they moved when they were teens, did they adjust easily? Or did they get depressed?
Did you go the international school route? Or was it local schools?
Have you tried a child psychologist? Was it helpful?
What are your tricks and tips for expat kids?
Probably the majority of failed expat assignments are due to "partner unhappiness."
One person gets a shiny new office and an instant social circle; the other gets to figure out how to buy lightbulbs in a language they don't speak.
Did your partner lose their identity when they lost their "Manager/Doctor/Director" title back home?
Did remote work save your marriage, or is your spouse just miserable?
If your partner had a "Go Home" button today, would they press it?