Family

Your New Life Overseas With Kids The advantages to raising children abroad are many, from a second (or even third) language to a second passport. Children raised overseas are generally self-confident, open-minded, and resourceful. They learn to make friends easily and to adjust and to adapt quickly.…

On The Road Around Paris An old friend always says: "Leave your worries where you board the plane." So the deadlines, the off-schedule projects, the new ideas we just haven't been able to carve out time to pursue...they're all in Panama City. I'm in Paris, where, thanks to the effects of jet lag,…

Panama City Is A Favorable Place To Raise Kids “Is Panama City a good place to raise kids?” asked one couple at last week’s Live and Invest in Panama Conference. (more…)

One Grandson's Open Letter To Retirees In The United States Here in Panama City, I now employ two of the best editorial assistants I've had the pleasure of working with in all these many years of working with editorial assistants. Denis Foynes hails from Ireland (specifically, a little town,…

The Resilient Life In Panama Coley and his wife weren't worried about money, making ends meet, or how they'd pay for retirement. Coley was making a great living, the young couple and their two small children were enjoying a fully appointed life in Washington, D.C., and retirement was decades away.…

How Don And His 9-Year-Old Grandson Are Retiring Overseas "My name is Don, and I'm an aviator with an uncontrollable curiosity problem," writes new Uruguay Correspondent Don Peterson. "Two years ago, we sold our company. My share was almost enough to retire on if I gave up most of my bad habits and…

Bring The Kids With You (They’ll Be Fine) "Kathleen, I really find your newsletters entertaining and interesting, but I have a request. The concept of early retirement to a nice, sunny, tax-free place is great, but please remember those of us with families and children who may want to do this..." --…

Raising Kids Overseas "What age was your daughter when you moved out of the States?" asked one reader-guest at our Christmas Open House here in Panama City Friday night. "Kaitlin was 8," I replied. "It was, we realize now, looking back, the worst possible age for making the move..." Younger than 7…

The Advantages Of Raising Kids Overseas "It is that awful time of year that every parent of a high school senior dreads," writes Correspondent Anna Hosbein, "the college application deadline, when kids fill out college applications that sum up the total of what they have done for their first 18…

One Single Mom's Adventures In Belize ''Who knew that a single mother,'' writes new Belize Correspondent Macarena Rose, ''happily raising eight kids (two biological and six adopted) in Florida, could pull up stakes and follow a hunch to a new life in a new land? Who could have predicted that the…

Panama City's International Schools That Cater To Bilingual Students June 4, 2009 "Kathleen, thank you for your newsletter. It's very good! "I have been considering the possibility of a move to Panama. I have two children, ages 13 and 15. They're seventh and ninth graders. Could you give me…