Germany and other Western European countries have long directed students into career paths at earlier ages than in the U.S., often placing kids onto university tracks or vocational education ...

In October 2022, my husband finished his post-doc at Cornell University and landed his dream job at a research center in Rostock, Germany ... Last year, the kids and I moved to Berlin so they ...

One of my kids technically has a gender-neutral name, but admittedly, it wasn't an issue when we named him in Germany. That might be because the name is still predominantly used by males ...