I raised my kids across 5 countries before they turned 10. Now, we're going through reverse culture shock in Minnesota.

Kate Stockinger

• Kate Stockinger grew up in the UK and met her now-husband in New York.
• The couple raised their two daughters in five cities across four continents before deciding to settle in Minnesota.
• She finds people in her husband's home state welcoming but her kids had trouble settling in.

Two truths and a lie. My daughter Freya was 10, it was the first day at her new school in Minnesota...