Moving is stressful, moving abroad is more stressful and moving abroad with children is even more stressful still! You have to consider their feelings, deal with their emotional upheaval as well as their physical relocation, find decent schools, settle them in and cope with their trauma at the loss of friends and familiarity on top of your own…which is why this fabulous new book by Angie Power is such an incredibly valuable resource.
‘Moving to France with Your Children’ will be a lifeline to all those who make the bold, adventurous and usually very wise decision to seek a new life for themselves and their family over the water in France. It deals with practicalities as well as the emotions and it really is just a great book…
If you or someone you know if about to move to France with children or is recently arrived in France with kids in tow – get this book or get this book to them quickly! ‘Moving to France with Your Children’ covers so much ground. It deals with all the issues surrounding language for example, whether you should help your child learn French before you go, immerse them in the language in a local school upon arrival or put children in international schools.
It looks at how parents need to approach things such as language development differently depending on the age and ability of the child and there is even useful advice for those parents who suddenly find their child’s language skills have far surpassed their own and who now need to ensure that their kids don’t lose their mother tongue!
Naturally there is a lot of emphasis in ‘Moving to France with Your Children’ on schooling – from the school system, learning new ways of behaviour, how parents are expected to interact in the French school system, the exams taken and syllabuses taught etc. But Angie Power also places a lot of focus on the social development of the child in France from how they need to accept being a foreigner in a foreign land to how they can meet and become friends with French children – focus is placed on manners expected and behaviour accepted as well as helping kids understand cultural differences.
Those who are moving to France with older children can learn from Angie Power about their further education and career options, learning to drive and working towards French citizenship for example. There is just such an incredibly well researched, understood and related wealth of information in ‘Moving to France with Your Children’ that you would be crazy not get hold of a copy. For expatriate parents in France this is the ultimate handbook!
To read more about the book and its content or to order ‘Moving to France with Your Children’ from Amazon click here.
