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Exploring the Pros and Cons of Dual Citizenship for Children (theeverymom.com)

submitted 9 months ago by jjpamsterdam@feddit.org to c/parenting@lemmy.world

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My children have two nationalities - luckily both of them are EU nationalities. However, since we live in the home country of my wife, my children have little to nothing in terms of contact with their second nationality of my home country. Both passports for them are largely interchangeable in terms of power and freedom of travel. My children also will never need to decide whether to give up either nationality, making it easier for them to just have a "passive nationality" in the back pocket.

Do your children also have more than one nationality? How does this impact your and their life? How do you manage to retain ties with both countries - if at all? I'd love to hear different perspectives on this topic.

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[–] RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

They'll get the ties to your country through you, like all immigrant and first-gen kids do. They'll just be closer to the culture they live in. Speak your native language, feed them traditional food from your country, show them music or movies from your country, things like that. Take them on trips to visit your country, if that's doable. I'm first-generation Canadian with Portuguese parents and through things like that, I've always felt Portuguese. Definitely more Canadian, but also Portuguese.