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?
I’m Japanese who married to American in the US. I moved to the US 3 year ago, married 2 years ago. We had our baby last year and it’s been definitely challenging for me as his family is older and not as easy to ask for help. I wish my mom was here to help me. I just want to go home when I’m tired and ask my family to take care of the baby for a couple of hours… I don’t know about the language or identity part yet but I imagine that my daughter will point out my English pronunciation in the future :( At the same time I hope my daughter will be a kind and open minded person who can understand the situation like me and not judgemental.