https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 02 May 2026 11:24:53 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-consider-moving-your-family-to-another-country-so-your-kids-can-learn-the-language#post-191523 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:42:10 +0000 heffalump 191523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. My mom would kill me if I moved away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-consider-moving-your-family-to-another-country-so-your-kids-can-learn-the-language#post-190908 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 06:12:12 +0000 mrs. bird 190908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not just for language exposure. DH's family speaks another language so they'll learn one from them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-consider-moving-your-family-to-another-country-so-your-kids-can-learn-the-language#post-190907 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 06:10:11 +0000 mynoahbear 190907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are living abroad now but it's because of DH's job. I would not want to move just so our kids can learn a language. It's too much work just so our kids can learn a language. I can see going somewhere for a summer but not for longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-consider-moving-your-family-to-another-country-so-your-kids-can-learn-the-language#post-190901 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 05:36:17 +0000 Andrea 190901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think so. We've lived abroad and I think I am done with that. Too lazy to move to another country again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-consider-moving-your-family-to-another-country-so-your-kids-can-learn-the-language#post-190889 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 04:41:43 +0000 regberadaisy 190889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: I am so jealous!<br /> You should write a guest post for the blog about the process. Visas, job (abroad @ current), housing, kids etc. I'm very curious about it and there's not a ton of info out there. I've gone as far as emailing bloggers that are Americans living abroad with their family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-consider-moving-your-family-to-another-country-so-your-kids-can-learn-the-language#post-190888 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 04:37:07 +0000 regberadaisy 190888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup I have seriously considered it so that they can learn the language and know where they come from. Germany or China would be our two. Having been to both I would love living in either.<br /> Now to just find a overseas job that will also pay my mortgage along with a paycheck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-consider-moving-your-family-to-another-country-so-your-kids-can-learn-the-language#post-190885 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 04:23:45 +0000 Arden 190885@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely! We plan to raise our kids overseas in multiple countries so they can be exposed to multiple languages and cultures.<br /> My husband and I were both raised abroad and we gained SO much from it, and we can't wait to give this opportunity to our children.<br /> We're moving to Kosovo next fall, and we'll be there several years. After that we'll see, but we've talked about Indonesia, Yemen, Morocco, Vietnam, etc.<br /> We'll homeschool, so that won't be an issue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-consider-moving-your-family-to-another-country-so-your-kids-can-learn-the-language#post-190884 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 04:18:39 +0000 looch 190884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, it's too disruptive if the kids are school aged...they'd either have to go to an international school or risk repeating a grade when we came home since they'd probably not be able to handle school in the new language.</p> <p>eta: I'd consider moving to another country for other reasons, though, just not language alone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-consider-moving-your-family-to-another-country-so-your-kids-can-learn-the-language#post-190508 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:41:53 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 190508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I'd push for French immersion school or something like that, over moving to another country. Mainly because then I would have to learn a new language too... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-consider-moving-your-family-to-another-country-so-your-kids-can-learn-the-language#post-190504 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:40:43 +0000 googly-eyes 190504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We'd take trips or send them on study abroad programs, but not move completely! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-consider-moving-your-family-to-another-country-so-your-kids-can-learn-the-language#post-190493 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:38:26 +0000 Alivoo01 190493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe for a summer, but not longer than that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-consider-moving-your-family-to-another-country-so-your-kids-can-learn-the-language#post-190475 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:34:36 +0000 prettylizy 190475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd be horribly homesick. DH was discussing a job opportunity on the east coast, but I just can't bring myself to move away from my family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-consider-moving-your-family-to-another-country-so-your-kids-can-learn-the-language#post-190463 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:31:55 +0000 chopsuey 190463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: My parents sent me and my sister to Korea for the summer. I was 5 and my sister was 8. We stayed with my dad's sister and my grandma..<br /> I think my mom regrets sending us by ourselves though. Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-consider-moving-your-family-to-another-country-so-your-kids-can-learn-the-language#post-190387 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:19:53 +0000 mrs. wagon 190387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: I'd seriously consider it if our work allowed for it! Maybe send the kids to Korea if we had close relatives who'd be willing to have them for the summer.. well, maybe when they're much older, like middle school or early high school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-consider-moving-your-family-to-another-country-so-your-kids-can-learn-the-language#post-190382 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:18:52 +0000 chopsuey 190382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: Yeah. I went to Korea for a summer when I was 5! Made all the difference in the world! Really learned the language during those 3 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-consider-moving-your-family-to-another-country-so-your-kids-can-learn-the-language#post-190356 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:14:54 +0000 mrs. wagon 190356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>summers maybe.. but not year round! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-consider-moving-your-family-to-another-country-so-your-kids-can-learn-the-language#post-190347 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:13:22 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 190347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>nah. I'm too homesick for that kind of stuff. Plus what a hassel!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-consider-moving-your-family-to-another-country-so-your-kids-can-learn-the-language#post-190320 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:09:31 +0000 chopsuey 190320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I think it might be fun to move to Korea for a summer or possibly longer so our kids can learn Korean from the natives! </p> <p>It'd be nice to brush up on our Korean too! </p>