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?
My husband is local. His family lived some distance away so I did not have family close by.
I was stay a home mom with 3 kids and I did not find it particularly difficult raising them in my husband’s country
When I migrated my goal was to assimilate as close as possible. 20 years later I feel at home here. My kids identify themselves similarly to what local kids identify themselves as.
… this reminds me often mentioned on Reddit issue, lol:
Apparently, European Redditors don’t like it when Americans identity themselves anything other than Americans, even those with roots in another country.