To feel sad that my Dd will not really know what it’s like to be British

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I am not a reform voter and don’t agree with the EDL types on here getting all frothy that others want to leave the UK. But I still quite like living here. Don’t leave me alone with them. ;-)

I wouldn't return to the UK, OP. Your child will have a different childhood experience to you, wherever you live; even if you return to the UK. I think some of your posts sound a bit nostalgic rather than realistic.

As both an immigrant and the child of an immigrant, I think the main difference may be that, depending on how often you visit the UK/raise her to be British, she may one day feel that she simultaneously belongs to both countries and neither. It's not necessarily a bad thing - I can't say it's disturbed me in any way, but I am aware that I do not truly belong in any of the countries that are 'mine'.

France receives more asylum applications than the UK. They also have a higher number of granted applications. So yes.

Yes, all you'll be left with are Reform voters and the unemployable.

I feel the same, op. It's something I really struggle with even though my kids won't know any different. I'm British, husband is German and we're in Germany with two DC.

I try to go back as often as I can but dc1 will be school age soon and it'll get more expensive and more difficult to go back for longer periods. Sometimes I debate moving back too but it's hard with Brexit and my DC have a good standard of living. Miss my family though and also want them to grow up around family so that's hard too.

My children are a year or two older than yours and only have one English parent but they have a very strong English identity. They also have a strong local identity, one doesn’t diminish the other. Swerving the UK school system and its exam focus seems like a positive to me, as school is much nicer here, and most other things you can pass on yourself. What has helped a lot is that I am very close to my primary school friends and they have children the same age, so they slot quickly into an English environment with them when we visit. I also cook a lot with them so they are learning a variety of dishes.
I have three nationalities myself and have only really been able to pass on one, but one is doable I think.
Can you look for international schools where you are? There are some entirely British ones near us. Also making British friends with children may help you.

It seems weird to choose to live somewhere else but want your daughter to knows what it’s like to be “British”. If it’s that important to you, why did you move abroad?

Great!

The sooner the better…. Enjoy 👋 Do let us know how wonderful it all is.

The fewer with your attitude here, the better.

Not a clue on France for those who go through official channels to emigrate. But I think they are less accepting of people who arrive without jobs/ income etc than the uk

Is France not better?

What a pointless reply.

What a silly post.

Spain, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and probably various others as well. I am actually working on leaving.

Because it's better than war torn places and 3 Rd world. Not necessarily so compared to other first world countries

The fact you even use ‘Little Englanders’ as a slur, like being an average hardworking family person living in ordinary area somehow makes you petty and bourgeois, is absolutely pathetic.

If our country is so awful why do we have record levels of immigration with millions clamouring to get in, even risking their lives to do so?

where would you rather live? And why?

Why the eye roll? It's perfectly true, despite what all the Little Englanders would have you believe. I'm not saying that anywhere is without problems, but we are on the slide for sure. No amount of conkers will make up for that.

Yet, I bet you won't leave.

Also, it's NOT cold wet and grim. And if you think any other country isn't 'divided' in any way (presumably you mean politically) then you are deluded.

I get on with anyone and everyone, young and old and in between, and any class, religion, or culture. Even people with different views, and whose political views don't match mine. I can spot who is intolerant of other people who have different views and opinions and political leanings on this board a MILE off.

This. I've had the good fortune to have been born with the name of a free, prosperous country on my passport but I can definitely see the place has a lot of flaws.

Presently, the number of people who seem to think England is god's own chosen land and any criticism of it is akin to treason are ironically making it a more uncomfortable place to be. I've lived all over the world - life and opportunities in the UK are pretty good. The undercurrent of weird anger swilling around at the moment isn't good.

You don’t feel it as you’ve never been anywhere else. It’s the same for everyone from any country. Of course you don’t understand it’s relevance to you culturally if you’ve never been foreign.

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I know what you mean OP. It's particularly things at primary school which got to me - like no nativity play, no assemblies, no big sports day (which i have fond memories of).
We visit family often enough that I do feel like they have a sense of British-ness (whatever that may mean to them).
On the plus side, I envy their language skills and embrace the local childhood traditions which they participate in.

It’s on mn a fair bit too.

how attached people are is surely individual.

I grew up in same place in South West... As an adult I've lived in several different places.

I feel attachment to all of these different places... Some of which I've lived at key parts in my life of over a decade.

I think beibf able to have influence from multiple places is good... Bilingialism is epic!