Demand and supply are two economic terms which have made it necessary for many to move to different places in search of better opportunities. Better opportunities sometimes come in the form of travelling abroad and staying there for a couple of years before returning back to one's home country. The time one spends in a foreign country can teach a person a new way of life, which changes when he/she returns back home.
Children who have stayed abroad all their life and return to India find it difficult to adjust themselves to the new environment. For them, it's the foreign land that becomes their home country. Here are the challenges faced by such children.
1. Culture differences - yes, though children are born Indians, they grow up in a different place, which makes them more part of the culture of that country. This gives rise to various cultural differences that they must adapt themselves to when they return back to India.
2. Trivial issues - children find that they are faced with many other challenges such as interference from family members in various matters, food habits, social commitments etc, which also forms part of their challenge that they will have to overcome.
3. Language problems - children who grow up abroad will find it difficult to communicate with people in the home country, due to slangs and way of pronunciation. This comes up as a challenge for many, which of course can be overcome easily.
With the list of challenges growing, one can come across various solutions and here they are:
1. Being in cities reduces the challenges that any child may face after moving in. Meeting others who have moved back can help children find friends, discuss their problems and also adapt themselves to the new environment.
2. With many of us living as nuclear families children do not feel the pinch as much. Problems such as food habits, interference of family members comes only in social gatherings. Children have to be encouraged to follow certain traditions and manners as a part of living, irrespective of where they stay, thereby reducing these challenges to a large extent.
3. Language is not much of a problem these days, because the mode of communication in most places is English. However, with many IT firms making their presence in most parts of the world, people seem to understand the slangs very well.
4. Children must be encouraged to have an open mind towards accepting a new culture by introducing them to the various activities, temples, festivals etc.
Returning back to India brings in lots of joy and happiness to many. This feeling is doubled when their child accepts the country in the same spirit. Parents must invest their little time and help children with this transition.
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