So I’m American and my wife is Austrian, w Eli e in Austria and have two younger kids aged 7 and 3 years old. To answer your questions:
challenging, not really. My wife’s family lives close by and they are awesome and super helpful, but It would still be nice to have another group we could ask to help watch the kids as both my wife and I work full time. It‘s more a bit sad that we don‘t get to see each other that often.
bilingual comes naturally with kids as they are absolute sponges when it comes to learning language. We just do it that my wife only speaks German to the kids and I speak English. It took a bit longer for my kids to start taking in English, but they understood it from very early on.
it can be tough, they are definitely more Austrian than American and there isn‘t much I can do to change that. We visit the US every year and we celebrate American holidays to try to get them familiar with the culture, but it‘s still foreign for them.
So I’m American and my wife is Austrian, w Eli e in Austria and have two younger kids aged 7 and 3 years old. To answer your questions:
challenging, not really. My wife’s family lives close by and they are awesome and super helpful, but It would still be nice to have another group we could ask to help watch the kids as both my wife and I work full time. It‘s more a bit sad that we don‘t get to see each other that often.
bilingual comes naturally with kids as they are absolute sponges when it comes to learning language. We just do it that my wife only speaks German to the kids and I speak English. It took a bit longer for my kids to start taking in English, but they understood it from very early on.
it can be tough, they are definitely more Austrian than American and there isn‘t much I can do to change that. We visit the US every year and we celebrate American holidays to try to get them familiar with the culture, but it‘s still foreign for them.