"Since the COVID pandemic, younger digital nomads have also begun to flock to the country in increasingly greater numbers. Several neighborhoods in Mexico City have become ground zero for digital nomads, bringing with them the good and bad that comes with a sudden large influx of newcomers. But it's not just Mexico City: Digital nomads have also settled in cities large and small throughout the country."
"So the country is now full of foreigners over 55 and under 35 ... but what about those in between? The perception for most people has historically been that, as a foreigner, you can't raise your kids in Mexico. I remember once hearing a foreign visitor expressing shock that the expat woman she was talking to had given birth to her children in Mexico. The expat sarcastically replied, "Believe it or not, Mexicans have babies too!""
"So what about that perception? Is it "confidently wrong"? Is Mexico actually a viable place for foreigners to consider raising and schooling their kids? And if so, where? And at what ages? How is it similar or different from schooling in other countries? And how are expat kids schooled here different than their family and friends back home - socially, culturally and even emotionally?"
"It is with that background that we bring you the second season of "Confidently Wrong: Raising Expat Kids in Mexico." Each episode of this season will dive into "confidently wrong" assumptions about raising and schooling kids in Mexico. We will bring you interviews with parents, teachers, administrators and kids. We will share their stories with you and you will hear, in their own words, what the experience was like."
Mexico has long attracted retirees from the U.S., Canada and beyond, and younger digital nomads have surged there since the COVID pandemic. Several Mexico City neighborhoods have become hubs for digital nomads, while newcomers have also settled across cities large and small. The foreign population now spans those over 55 and under 35, raising questions about families in between and the viability of raising children in Mexico. Prevailing perceptions question whether foreigners can raise kids there, despite examples to the contrary. A second season titled "Confidently Wrong: Raising Expat Kids in Mexico" will examine assumptions through interviews with parents, teachers, administrators and children to explore schooling and social outcomes.
Read at Mexico News Daily
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