Majj

My sister in law moved to Holland with 2 teenage kids about a couple of years ago. 13 yrs or so. The kids were always making comments like we dont want to go and we will come back to the UK as soon as we can.

Nowaday if you ask them, they love Holland and wouldnt dream of returning to the UK because of their new friends, schools, better standard of living etc. So I guess kids change.

dbd33

It was for portability that my children took the bac (www.ibo.org) but our line of thought is slightly different; we came to Canada because as uneducated people we felt we could do better in an unsophisticated country. That's not true of the children; they've been quite well educated and should now be able to compete in Europe. In order to keep the possibilities open we're maintained their European passports and discouraged them from pursuing subjects, such as law, which have limited application outside the country of teaching.

I think that, even if one is prepared to live out one's days over here, it's inappropriate to do anything that will limit one's children's ability to return. "permanently" shouldn't imply one's children as well as one's self.

Alberta_Rose

Well yes, the bac sits them nicely on the fence.