ripley22
American expat in Saudi Arabia
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American
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Registration: 10 November 2017
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Raising kids in Saudi Arabia by Priscilla
Hello everyone, How is raising kids in Saudi Arabia different from raising kids in your home country? What are the activities that your kids seem to enjoy the most in Saudi Arabia? Do you feel that the country is "family-friendly"? Do ...
Saudis value family time but are very private and you do not see families outside family compounds often. Girls find it the most challenging. If you are fortunate enough to be living in a gated compound it is a whole different story. Within those ... Read More
Raising kids in Saudi Arabia by Priscilla
Hello everyone, How is raising kids in Saudi Arabia different from raising kids in your home country? What are the activities that your kids seem to enjoy the most in Saudi Arabia? Do you feel that the country is "family-friendly"? Do ...
To get the most helpful answer you should post ages of children and wether they are boys or girls. I did not have children while there but because of total separation of sexes outside the home is quite different from life in the west. In yanbu where ... Read More
Possibly moving to Yanbu by Hagen1213
Hi all. My husband has been offered a job with Parsons in Yanbu. As of now, we wouldn't be living in a compound, but in the Royal Commission in a neighborhood. That part there worries me. We have two little girls (both under the age of 5). I'm ...
Hi. My only child is college age so school is not a problem. Some teachers at YIS were great but some awful and I saw many kids suffer, especially in the older grades. My husband worked for Parsons as well. Environmental, at RC. He had gotten ... Read More
Possibly moving to Yanbu by Hagen1213
Hi all. My husband has been offered a job with Parsons in Yanbu. As of now, we wouldn't be living in a compound, but in the Royal Commission in a neighborhood. That part there worries me. We have two little girls (both under the age of 5). I'm ...
Hi. I am new member to expat.com. My husband was working in Yanbu Saudi Arabia from 2013 thru 2016. We would go back. Did you ever get to Yanbu? We liked living in a regular community. Hubby worked for Parsons. Our neighborhood was across ... Read More