Family
These pages will have the least amount of links as taking care of kids is more a collection of tips, work-arounds, and inside knowledge. I have dedicated a whole section to this topic because I have a toddler, and I pushed her stroller up and down the hills of Kiev for a few weeks in 2006. After that I knew exactly which sidewalks to walk down, where the safest areas were to cross streets, which foods were likely to be accepted by a 2-year-old, and many, many other informal skills. There is really no way to determine how child friendly — or for that matter unfriendly — a place is until you actually do the child thing on location. Push a stroller over bumps, tram tracks, and up hills; try to find a suitable bathroom to change a diaper; and locate the best park for a certain age group. Very little can prepare someone for these challenges, and it usually just takes time and effort.
Putting it that way, I guess the best way to look at the information in this set of pages as a way of reducing the learning curve a bit, letting parents know what NOT to worry about, and alerting parents to potential problems that may not have occurred to them. Travelling and living abroad is rarely easier with children, so parents need all the help they can get.
expatua.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=38&highlight=bookstore
Exapt Ukraine has a useful posting about children.
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Family
These pages will have the least amount of links as taking care of kids is more a collection of tips, work-arounds, and inside knowledge. I have dedicated a whole section to this topic because I have a toddler, and I pushed her stroller up and down the hills of Kiev for a few weeks in 2006. After that I knew exactly which sidewalks to walk down, where the safest areas were to cross streets, which foods were likely to be accepted by a 2-year-old, and many, many other informal skills. There is really no way to determine how child friendly — or for that matter unfriendly — a place is until you actually do the child thing on location. Push a stroller over bumps, tram tracks, and up hills; try to find a suitable bathroom to change a diaper; and locate the best park for a certain age group. Very little can prepare someone for these challenges, and it usually just takes time and effort.
Putting it that way, I guess the best way to look at the information in this set of pages as a way of reducing the learning curve a bit, letting parents know what NOT to worry about, and alerting parents to potential problems that may not have occurred to them. Travelling and living abroad is rarely easier with children, so parents need all the help they can get.
expatua.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=38&highlight=bookstore
Exapt Ukraine has a useful posting about children.