Welcome!
The Healthy Expat Parent is a resource for families in transition. Some of the common issues all parents face can be amplified when a family moves overseas or returns "home" only to find that they don't fit in anymore. At Healthy Expat Parent moms and dads can get advice about all of the following and more:
- improving relations with child and/or coparent
- suggestions for better interaction with children
- ways to create quality of family time
- bettering your self image as a parent
- help with temper or anger within family
- parenting style differences between coparents
- school transfers and student issues
- and a wide range of commoninternational issues (e.g. cultural adjustments, homesickness, new-student syndrome)
Meet Susie
Susie is a Parent coach, certified through PCI, who specializing in families in transition. She has a Health background, with a BS in Dietetics and a MS in Health Education. She has three children of her own, so she coaches from experience. She is also a Foreign Service spouse (since 2000), and learned to deal with family issues from the stress of relocation, school issues, medical situations, pregnancy and divorce as well as family angst. To get an idea of the kinds of questions Susie might be able to help you with, check out the 'Ask Susie' section.
Recent 'Ask Susie' Questions
Susie responds to reader questions once a week. Search the archive.
- Switching Schools
Question from Carol
My second-grader has some very close friends, but I just accepted the job of a lifetime that will move our whole family across the country. We will be leaving behind family and friends. What can I do to help my daughter prepare and adjust to this move? ... more
- Reamericanizing my teenager
Question from Maureen
My family is moving back to the United States after living overseas for 18 years. My oldest, a 15-year-old will be attending school in the US for the first time in his life. We've spent summers here, but I don't know how to help him get used to coming back to a 'home' we've never lived in. Any advice? ... more
About Parent Coaching
Susie is certified through The Parent Coaching Institute, whose graduates are dedicated to help parents focus on "amplifying the positive, appreciating the good, and valuing the possible in themselves and in their children." ...more about Parent Coaching
