My kids lived in Slovenia for a year. When we returned to the US I felt reverse culture shock.

Courtesy of Brittany McAnally

• Brittany McAnally and her family left California for Slovenia because of her husband's military job.
• She said kids have more freedom in Slovenia than in the US, and preschool was more nurturing.
• McAnally said she found returning to the US was a "reverse culture shock."

This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Britanny McAnally...