Hi All,
after some tips from anyone who has done or is contemplating moving back with teenagers.
We have lived in Oz for 11 years, got 3 kids aged 14, 12 and 7. Moved around a bit too for various reasons.
In a nutshell, wife and I are certain that we can’t see ourselves remaining in Australia long term. Out here on our own, all family
in UK, guess we are looking to the future a bit, parents getting older, wanting to just be able to see more of our family back in UK a bit more. Our kids have always been pretty easy going with moving and are quite willing to go along with our plans. We’re making our 4th trip back to the UK this December(over our 11 year stay here) but it’s just not the same as we want to be back closer to families. We appreciate times have changed, everyone’s older doing own things etc but the thought of staying out here for ever is not appealing.
Our major anxieties surround education. We don’t envisage being able to move back for 3 years, and this would tie in with our eldest daughter about to start Uni, our middle girl would be about to start A-levels (or equivalent) and our youngest...well we aren’t really worrying about her too much at present! We are considering moving them from their current Australian school into an International school in Oz to start this year, to enrol in the IB, with a view this will help prepare them for moving back(guess for our eldest it may not matter as much as she’ll be about to start Uni, but I was hearing that if someone had undertaken the IB and then applied for Uni in UK, it might mean they were exempt from international Uni fees)-would welcome advice on this too.
Any advice would be welcome. We kinda know what we want to do, but suppose just seeing what people think.
Cheers!
Dave
