I was wondering what are people’s experiences of having and raising children in a different country from your own, specially if your partner is a local. Did you find it challenging not having your family to support you? Did you manage to have them be bilingual? Do you find it’s hard for them to identify with your country, and if so, what are good ways to help with this?
French/American living in Korea with Korean spouse. It sucks being away from my family yes, but my mother in law is close by and helps a lot. Son hasn’t started talking yet but I only speak English to him and wife only speaks Korean. I plan on adding French into the mix a little later. I make sure he has plenty of books with characters from American and French TV shows and history so he knows there is a world beyond Korea.
Best of luck to you