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7 Places You Can Earn a Degree Without Having to Sell Your Grandmother

This week 24/7 Wall Street published an article that revealed the 10 Most Educated Countries in the World, in which they detailed the most educated populations in the developed world. Their ranking was based on data that was published by the Orga...

Helping Your Teenager Adjust to Life as an Expat

Adjust Your Teenager Life as an Expat Moving across the world is tough for everyone, but it can be hardest for teenagers. This is because teenagers have usually established themselves in their worlds—they’ve figured out who they are, who likes t...

Expat Book Review : How to be a Global Grandparent

If you have retired abroad or live overseas then you may be interested in a book for expatriate grandparents that identifies how you can ensure that you don’t drift apart from your family members when they move abroad. How to be a Global Gra...

Expat Book Review Home Keeps Moving

"Home Keeps Moving - A Glimpse into the Extraordinary Life or a Third Culture Kid" by Heidi Sand-Hart takes a look at the how the pressures of living overseas can impact the lives of children and serves as a vehicle through which Third Culture Kids c...

A Comprehensive Guide to the International Baccalaureate

Guide to the International Baccalaureate Yesterday we took a look at some of the fees you can expect to encounter when educating your child in a private international school. If you missed it you can find the article here: The price you can expect ...

The Price You Can Expect to Pay for Expatriate Education

Ensuring that your child gets access to top quality expat education should be a priority for all expat parents and for this reason many expat opt for private international schools when living overseas. Internationals schools do cost a lot more mon...

Repatriating Without Tears: 5 Ways You Can Help Your Child to Deal With Reverse Culture Shock

When they first hear that they will be moving overseas many expatriate parents spend a great deal of time planning their move abroad and ensuring that every member of their family is mentally prepared for the reverse culture shock. However, while the...

The Top Eight Expat Concerns According to HSBC

HSBC’s Expat Explorer research provides great insights into life overseas as an expat. Based on a survey of 4,100 expats living throughout the world during the months of April and June 2010, the research reveals a great deal about the practical and...

Special Report: Changing Schools; the impact of expat life on learning

One issue that is of a major concern to expatriates & global nomads who relocate with their families concerns the impact that such a move may have on their children’s education and learning achievements. A move can potentially be either a p...

Eternal Migration of a Spotless Housewife : Expat Child Syndrome

Forget trailing spouse syndrome, there’s a new paradoxical psychological phenomenon that I have been hearing a lot about recently. It’s called expat child syndrome. “What is this abnormality and how can I identify the clinical features associat...