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LEARNING THE LANGUAGE
Integration starts by speaking the language of the country in which you live. And as parents, this is what we want for our children. In playgroup, day-care or school, we ask them to speak Swiss German, French or Italian. We know how important it is for them to make friends, not to feel overwhelmed, to be part of the society. And as parents, what examples are we showing them? Do we live in an expat ghetto?
(Gabrielle Cloutier in EDUCATION)

KIDS ADAPT QUICKER
Kids have a different perspective when moving abroad. Especially kids old enough to be aware of the move but pre-adolescent, and thus typically still strongly emotionally connected with their parents and the rest of the immediate family. For them, the traumatic aspects of the move are different.
(Daniel in DADS TIME)

SWISS GERMAN, FRENCH, ITALIAN OR ROMANSH?
Learning the Language is often the biggest and most difficult hurdle an expat faces when they move to a new country. And in a country that has 4 official languages, this is sometimes 4 times as hard. Let's hear what all of our favorite expats have said about diving in and learning how to communicate with the locals.
(Xiaolu in THE EXPAT BLOG)

SWISS SUMMER CAMPS 09
We have the list of some of the best camps for international children to attend in Switzerland this summer holiday.
Book now to join the fun and make new friends!



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A TAX RELIEF THAT MAKES SENSE
The Swiss Bundesrat is voting in favour of giving working families tax relieves for sending their kids to Kinderkrippe. The conservative and right wing party SVP is outraged, but the Bundesrat’s majority has set the pace: They will make sure that the reform is set out in life already in 2010!

TIME FOR FINE WINE
Presenting in food time this month the Swiss wine regions: Ticino, Valais, Vaud and Graubünden.

CAMPING WITH KIDS
Have you tried camping in the Swiss mountains with a 4 month old? Well, Kathleen has and in June we can read part 1 of her adventure.

C-SECTION
In Switzerland every 3 women out of 10 delivers her child in c-section. In the United States of America the rate has reached 30% compared to about 20% in the United Kingdom. In most developed countries the rate is increasing. WHO is recommending that the percentage of c-sections ought to be about 15 % of all child deliveries.

GET A BABYSITTER
If you’re an expat you most likely do not benefit from having a family of grandparents, aunts and uncles around you, and asking your colleges at work to watch your two year old is not always a hit.
So to get that much needed time-alone with your partner you need to find a babysitter.