How can we help teenagers adjust to their new expatriation?

💡Adolescence is a stage of life that is crucial for an individual development and an expatriation can be a great empowering experience (even if challenging), a real booster for teenagers growth, if only done with the right supportive system!

👉Adjusting abroad is a long process for anyone and the U curve of adaptation applies to anyone

👉So what are the signs that should warn us:

✅Continuous talk about “home culture”

✅Social media and an exaggerated time spent with former friends or former culture related topics

✅Excessive detachment from family, anger and bitterness

✅Inability to find a local community

💡How to help?

👉By being “present” and help build the resilience they need

“Presence is the most fundamental gift we can give our children in terms of creating a positive environment for them to develop and grow” Dr. Siegel