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Caribbean Cool I would agree with your methods (in fact, that's the way I raised my bilingual kids!) only if the parents (or at least on of them) are native in that language. Above all, you should speak to your kids the language of your heart and what comes most spontaneously.

If your kids are confident enough I would put them in a colonia de vacaciones (kind of daily summer camps) where they will be in contact with other children. Trying to communicate with other kids will make them learn really quick.

Living in another culture needs a period of adjustment. I think your sentence " how can I my life there more similar to the one I had in Europe?" isn't a good starting point. You won't, Argentina is in Latin America and far from everything. In spite of it, I found some similarities between...

I lived two years in Brazil and at that time it wasn't easy to become a resident. My sister lives in Brazil for 20 years now and she ended marrying her Brazilian life time partner in order to avoid having residence problems every now and then.

I'm a Spanish teacher working abroad. Reading helps a lot, unfortunately the press in Argentina isn't good. You can try BBC mundo in Spanish, there's a wide range of subjects. If you have studied some grammar, then it's important to master the past tenses. We are able to understand most problems...

My kids are European and I've been travelling in and out of the country with them for many years on my own with their passports. As they get older they travel worldwide on their own and without consent. They weren't born in Argentina so they aren't obliged to have a local document. As for...

Hi, I'm new to the forum, I'm a female Argie living an expat life for more than 20 years now. My kids have 2 nationalities, one is European and the other is Argentinian. They've never lived in Argentina although they visited plenty of times. Now with the kids finishing high school they'll spend...