Raising expat children and entering transnational parenthood have their own difficulties and pitfalls. E.g.

• Expat care arrangements and expat child-care arrangements questioning the gender aspects of transnational parenthood
• Being/feeling unfamiliar with the schooling system of your expat child, schooling being very different from their parents experiences, involving completely different systems
• ‘Typical’ expat kid problems and even an Expat child syndrome
• A ‘special’ child, whose development is atypical, creates its own special questions and worries, especially when on unfamiliar ground.

Early signs might be:

• Emotional withdrawal of the child
• Conduct problems
• Apparent emotional problems, like sadness or irritability even indifference
• School problems