We spent a year abroad in France and enrolled our kids in a local school. Coming home was bittersweet.

Image: Aix-en-Provence – France. Image credit: Guy Moll via Flickr. Public Domain. As told to Faye Bradley. Business Insider – December 25, 2025.

• Gemma Bonham-Carter and her husband had lived abroad and wanted the same for their two kids.
• They rented out their house in Canada, lived in an apartment in France for a year, and sent their kids to a local school.
• She says it changed her as a parent.

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