Expat Family Life: Making it Work for Everyone
It is common for children to develop language skills much more rapidly than their parents. So do all that you can to develop your own language skills, or they will be effectively “on their own.” If your child is by nature more timid and less excited about this adventure, I strongly recommend moving them slowly into the host culture by finding a school for expats or home schooling. Children of this nature are typically slower to develop interests outside of the family and may prefer more solitary activities such as reading or artwork. An unfamiliar culture may serve to exaggerate this trait… particularly in the beginning.