Experiencing culture shock is part of the international life package. It doesn’t mean that one is weak or not an experienced expat: it can happen at any assignment, after every change and move, and after repatriation. It is very normal and it happens when we realize how different our life is now compared to before. […]
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The Dutch way of parenting
Dutch parents must doing something right to have the “happiest children in the world”. The Netherlands is a wonderful place to raise children and various studies back this claim. After living 13 years in this country and raising my three children here – two of them were born here – these are five things I […]
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What is your maths language?
When our children are schooled in another language since the beginning, their most dominant language for counting and doing maths is the school language.
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Dutch language resources
The best way to learn Dutch is to fully immerse into the language and join the worldwide 23 million native speakers in the Netherlands, Flanders, Suriname, or the 4 million people who speak Dutch as a second or foreign language. You can also start with listening to a local radio (online), watch local TV, get in contact […]
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Multilingualism is good for the economy
Multilingualism is not only good for our brain, our overall flexibility and open mindedness, it is also good for the economy. That countries like the UK with relatively “poor language skills” loses “the equivalent of 3,5% of its GDP every year” for exactly this reason whereas Switzerland, with its four national languages (German, French, Italian […]
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