Tag: Expat Identity
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5 Unexpected Challenges of Raising Bilingual Children (& How to Handle Them)
Updated by Tara on October 17, 2025 Parenting is rough. Anyone who tells you otherwise is lying. But raising your child bilingually? That’s a whole new level of what on earth am I doing here?! When my family moved to Germany, my daughter effortlessly absorbed the language around her. I… well, let’s just say I’m…
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Why living abroad sucks (and how to overcome it)
Living abroad is the worst. It’s not fun. It’s not glamorous and it is most definitely not always Instagrammable. But weirdly, it gets better. Read on for the top three reasons living abroad is the worst and how I’ve overcome them. If you take away only one thing from this post, it should be this:…

