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Raising Global Nomads: Parenting Abroad in an On-Demand World

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Perhaps no life decision is so wrought with uncertainty and apprehension as the one to relocate your children overseas, whether temporarily for an overseas assignment, sabbatical or extended world travel or permanently as emigrants. Will we be damaging them? Will they hate us? Will they suffer academically, personally, emotionally, physically? These are big questions, and before Robin Pascoe's wonderful new book 'Raising Global Nomads', there were few answers.

Pascoe takes us on a wonderful, humourous and above all intensely informative journey with her family, and yours. Every overseas family will instantly see themselves in Pascoe's often moving description of her family's trials and tribulations in adapting to life abroad. Workaholic spouse caught in a pressure cooker? Insane academic standards -- in kindergarten? Worries about safety, hygiene, friends, family, communication -- for everybody? Pascoe has an answer, and a calming and reassuring word, for them all. She also takes a clear and accurate look at 'parenting abroad in an on-demand world', assessing the impact of digital and virtual living on expatriate life.

In her 25 years as a foreign service spouse, journalist Pascoe moved her family a dozen times to destinations as diverse as Bangkok and Seoul, New York and Beijing, and found the toughest move of all was 'back home' to her native Canada. Pascoe generously shares not only her own experiences, but also the results of her extensive research into parenting abroad, including interviews and contributions from psychologists, sociologists, academics, consultants and relocation specialists.

If you make only one pre-departure, or pre-repatriation, purchase, let it be this book. Make sure your teenagers read it, your children's teachers, your spouse, the family's employers and above all their HR department. And keep it under your pillow.....

My husband and I will be relocating abroad shortly, taking our toddler with us. Though this has been planned for a long time and we both look forward to it, moving abroad with a kid will definately be a shock to our system. This book has been an excellent pick to open our eyes to several issues that one tends not to dwell too much upon.

Very well-researched and easy to read without getting bogged down into details, coloured with a lot of the author's own personal experience and of those she has met in the same situation, all in all an excellent read!

This is fantastic for families that move! It makes sense, and could possibly replace a counselor in regards to emotional problems due to relocation. The book helps me understand my confusion growing up and moving, as well as help my kids understand themselves better while we are a Foreign Service family, uprooting ourselves frequently.
Thank you to the author! I had ordered two by mistake but chose to keep the extra copy as a gift to a friend. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

I am an American expat with 3 small children(married to an ATCK (adult third culture kid) who grew up overseas) on our first international assignment. I have been in Europe for 6 months and as I read the book I was simultaneously crying and laughing as I saw my life reflected in her writing. Some good words of wisdom. I will be sure to buy her book on "re-entry" when we move back to our home country.

I was disappointed with this book and stopped reading it early on when the author advocates a form of lying to your children in order to help them with culture shock. After reading that I immediately returned this book to Amazon and started searching for other books on re-entry and culture shock.

Great book! It has humor, whit and seriousness. Any family traveling around the world should read it at least once. You will be able to relate and learn something.

Robin understands, feels, lives, and breathes the issues of raising global nomads. 2006 now faces technology of a 24/7 world of change for all children, teens,and parents. Be prepared to learn, cry, laugh, and accept the precious experience of being a "Global Nomad."