Supporting your kids throughout the process of moving abroad, with Karlijn Jacobs

How can you support your kids in a country where you’ve never lived? How can you help them thrive abroad?

That’s what we talk about in today’s Adventure Calls podcast episode.

If you’re a parent considering a move abroad or planning for a future as an expat parent, this episode is essential. Moving abroad is overwhelming: visas, housing, language, work, and the safety, security, and happiness of your kids.

Everyone says kids adjust faster than adults, but the truth is, we don’t know exactly how our kids will react. We just want them to have a better life. In this conversation, we explore the factors you as a parent can control in this unpredictable experience.

Relocating abroad with your family can provide your children with better opportunities and a richer cultural and language education with lifelong benefits.

It’s crucial for parents to understand the process from their children’s perspective—how each stage of relocation affects them. This helps you support, listen, and intervene when necessary.

Today, we speak with Karlijn Jacobs, Netherlands-based entrepreneur and founder of Expat Valley. Karlijn is a trained children’s therapist and relocation expert who moved to Shanghai in 2010. After two years, she had her first daughter. After five years in China, Karlijn returned to the Netherlands to give birth to their second daughter.

Now, she works to make international relocation easier and more fun for families through Expat Valley.

Find Karlijn Jacobs online:

Company: Expat Valley
Website: www.expatvalley.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobskarlijn

Find Rainbow Relocation Strategies across the web:

Services: Rainbow Relocation Strategies | Rainbowrelo.com
Free Community: Queer Expats Worldwide Facebook Community
Instagram: @rainbowrelo
Book: How To Move Abroad

About the Adventure Calls podcast

The Adventure Calls podcast seeks to empower queer folks, our families and allies to move, live and thrive abroad with interviews with relocation experts, queer expats who have successfully relocated and other organizations that give a lens on the LGBTQ+ experience in the world.

The host / producer, Jess Drucker, is the founder of Rainbow Relocation Strategies, a company that centers the experience of queer expats around the world.