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To be honest i grew up in the same situation with my family always considering a move to canada and i would say do it now definately. shes young enough to enjoy herself after gettin over the initial upset of leaving friends and famly and old enough to understand the potential of such a move. leaving it any later might not be a good thing.
if i had the opportunity to choose when to move i would say around the age your daugther is now.
how do u feel your daughter would take it? what are your feelings on the matter?
if i had the opportunity to choose when to move i would say around the age your daugther is now.
how do u feel your daughter would take it? what are your feelings on the matter?
I haven't moved abroad, but am 23 and one of my closest and oldest friends moved away, when I was 14 and she was 13, to Australia. There was a lot of history between my family and hers (both of our parentshad gone to school together, etc etc) and we were more like family.
At the time it was absolutely heart breaking, and I remember feeling so utterly low, but we still keep in touch now, she has so many friends over there and would never contemplate moving back over here, and in fact tries to persuade me to go over there.
In fact, a few years after they moved over there my friend's oldest sister (who stayed in UK), and aunty and uncle and their children all moved over there too!
I think you should consider your daughter's feelings for sure, but ultimately, there will always be a reason not to go whether she is too young, has exams, just starting uni, or just starting a family, etc etc. I think you should seize the opportunity and do it now and I am sure she will thank you for it in the future :-)
Best of luck xx
At the time it was absolutely heart breaking, and I remember feeling so utterly low, but we still keep in touch now, she has so many friends over there and would never contemplate moving back over here, and in fact tries to persuade me to go over there.
In fact, a few years after they moved over there my friend's oldest sister (who stayed in UK), and aunty and uncle and their children all moved over there too!
I think you should consider your daughter's feelings for sure, but ultimately, there will always be a reason not to go whether she is too young, has exams, just starting uni, or just starting a family, etc etc. I think you should seize the opportunity and do it now and I am sure she will thank you for it in the future :-)
Best of luck xx
13's an awkward age for anything much, but the outdoor life in Australia, New Zealand or Canada should appeal to them. I've always thought of Canada as being a bit chilly in winter myself, but NZ is temperate and Oz is hot. That said, I must admit I thought of doing it myself but never got around to it. The UK is better for culture and higher education (at the Oxbridge level) but generally dirtier, more crowded and more depressing. Other places are better for sports, open spaces and the outdoor life generally, and people are friendlier. They also tend to be a bit cheaper.
There's also the USA, which most people know plenty about but which is hard to get into unless you qualify for a green card. Wherever you go you will probably need skills in some trade that locals don't have.
There's also the USA, which most people know plenty about but which is hard to get into unless you qualify for a green card. Wherever you go you will probably need skills in some trade that locals don't have.
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