To add to this: children of expats will usually speak at least two languages. That'll often be three languages if both parents are expats. Three languages by t

To add to this: children of expats will usually speak at least two languages. That'll often be three languages if both parents are expats. Three languages by the time they start first grade. They don't just now how to speak extra languages, they can really think in them too, and many times understand nuances and biases that you'd only know if you were a native of a given languages. In EU countries there most people speak multiple languages that's not a bit deal, but in countries where most people speak a single language, that's also an enormous difference.