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Check your destination (and admit, the first thing you'll need is airport information!): if Jane Mason goes there, we have her up-to-the-minute advice for arriving at airports abroad. The snappy short articles in this folder are just as definitive as, but not to be confused with, the famous military publishers of the same name. These travel tips come from a globe trotting consultant who makes it her business to enjoy the process of travel, and to find the comforts and shortcuts in every conceivable language and airport.
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How-to books on parenting, relocating, and life on the move, as well as novels about your new country (also listed under some GSGI country sections)... books in this chapter are recommended by readers and our editors.
Looking for kindergartens and day schools in Moscow requires as much help as possible. Quick bullets by Martine Self from the GSGI Moscow section, but helpful for choosing schools for all ages anywhere (especially, of course, kindergartens and day school).
How can you help your children adjust? Words of wisdom from expert expat Jennie Sharples
Expat life in Sydney for the Under Five set: more brilliant reassurance from Sydney-savvy Charlotte Sherston for mothers picking up their babies and carrying them most of the way around the world and all the way down under.
A third culture kid (TCK) lives in a country other than that of his parents’ citizenship, thereby creating a third culture. TCKs develop many first class skills such as linguistic talents, confidence, self-reliance and adaptability but they can also feel a sense of rootlessness and a lack of identity without a permanent place to call “home.”
There are many mystery words amongst English speaking peoples, but some are more likely than others to incite international incidents....
Finding a summer job if you're an expat teenager living in France....