Hey Laura!!! I may be an exchange student in the USA from Spain next year and ur videos are helping me so so much to get prepared for everything!!! Thank you so much!!! Keep making these videos!!!
Hiiiii! Thank you so much, I'm so glad you enjoy it. 2023 is not that far away anymore. You have plenty of time to prepare and look forward to the experience. Are you going to be in the USA? Are there any questions you have or any videos I could make that would be helpful to you?
Hi! I love your video’s and I’m thinking about becoming an exchange student in 2023-2024! I had a question about the food. I’m a bit afraid I’ll gain weight because a lot of food isn’t that healthy. I know for everyone this is different, but did you experienced any difficulties with eating healthy?
Hi! That's so exciting. I actually didn't gain any weight because I did athletics and joined sports teams so I would work out 3 hours a day. Maybe it could help to put into your application that you are a sporty person that loves healthy food so you can find a family who enjoys that as well
Are you coming to america or going to a different country? Im going on exchange in the spring. I’ve also thought about the weight aspect, since I have some eating issues. I think you shouldn’t base your decision off food…I hope you are doing ok and you have a great exchange (if you go! )
Such a good question. I think I will go into more detail in an exchange student and host family Q&A. I would say definitely don't introduce too many people at once. Try to reserve the first day to your closest family. It's also nice to take them out to lunch if they arrive in the morning. You can also make them a little welcome basket in which you put snacks and necessities. It's also great to take them shopping at Walmart for example so they can get what they will need right away. It depends on the time they arrive though.
@@honey27003 it also kinda depends on where you are I would think. Like if someone is coming from a culture with very different foods. Lunch might be overwhelming for the first day. It could be cool to figure out what food from their culture you could make where you're at for them. So they feel less alien on the first day.
I’ve lived in the US all my life. It’s relatively common for parents to track their children’s location. It’s seen as a safety precaution. Parents worry their kids could get lost, make bad decisions and put themselves in a dangerous position, or get kidnapped. I think a lot of this is based off parents not having trust in their kids or trust that their kids will tell the truth when they are in a bad situation. Also anxiety about not being able to control all aspects of who their kids hang out with or controlling where they are at all times. If I had kids I wouldn’t think it was necessary to track them but it calms some parents to know they never have to worry about not knowing where their kids are. It would definitely be overbearing for a host parent to track an exchange student and an invasion of privacy. As far as the open door policy, it has to do with trusting kids as well. My parents required my door to be open when I had friends or other house guests over. I could close my door any other time. I would guess a host family would have the open door policy because an exchange student is a guest in their home. When I was little, the rule was there to make sure us kids weren’t getting in trouble. When I was a teenager it was honestly to prevent any inappropriate or s*xual behaviors. Parents in the US are generally very careful that there’s no kissing or anything happening. Even if it’s an irrational worry that something like that would occur. I was a very good girl who always followed the rules and had well behaved nice friends. My parents still made me keep the door open. They want you to know they can pop in at any moment to prevent any bad behavior. All my friend’s parents also had this open door rule. This is my experience living in the Pacific Northwest. Different parents may have different rules. I think a lot of parents don’t trust their kids, it’s almost seen as bad parenting if you completely trust them. People just hear a lot of bad stuff on the news and get scared something could happen to their kid so they do everything in their power to protect them. Different parents give their kid more or less freedom. I would say I was raised in a moderately strict household.
I‘m going on an exchange year too in summer and your videos are helping my nervousness so much haha:))
That's so exciting! Don't worry that is completely normal. I was so so nervous too. Do you know where you will go yet?
Hey Laura!!! I may be an exchange student in the USA from Spain next year and ur videos are helping me so so much to get prepared for everything!!! Thank you so much!!! Keep making these videos!!!
HI, im from Denmark and i’m going on an extage year in 2023. I really love your channel
Hiiiii! Thank you so much, I'm so glad you enjoy it. 2023 is not that far away anymore. You have plenty of time to prepare and look forward to the experience. Are you going to be in the USA? Are there any questions you have or any videos I could make that would be helpful to you?
Hi! I love your video’s and I’m thinking about becoming an exchange student in 2023-2024! I had a question about the food. I’m a bit afraid I’ll gain weight because a lot of food isn’t that healthy. I know for everyone this is different, but did you experienced any difficulties with eating healthy?
Hi! That's so exciting. I actually didn't gain any weight because I did athletics and joined sports teams so I would work out 3 hours a day. Maybe it could help to put into your application that you are a sporty person that loves healthy food so you can find a family who enjoys that as well
@@honey27003 Thank you! That’s a great idea. Keep up the good work!
@@lievewaslijn Thank you love
Are you coming to america or going to a different country?
Im going on exchange in the spring. I’ve also thought about the weight aspect, since I have some eating issues. I think you shouldn’t base your decision off food…I hope you are doing ok and you have a great exchange (if you go! )
Do you have tips for host families on the 1st day a student arrives? Ways to make them feel welcome while not making it too overwhelming?
Such a good question. I think I will go into more detail in an exchange student and host family Q&A. I would say definitely don't introduce too many people at once. Try to reserve the first day to your closest family. It's also nice to take them out to lunch if they arrive in the morning. You can also make them a little welcome basket in which you put snacks and necessities. It's also great to take them shopping at Walmart for example so they can get what they will need right away. It depends on the time they arrive though.
@@honey27003 it also kinda depends on where you are I would think. Like if someone is coming from a culture with very different foods. Lunch might be overwhelming for the first day. It could be cool to figure out what food from their culture you could make where you're at for them. So they feel less alien on the first day.
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But why would they need to track my phone or ask to open the door?
I’ve lived in the US all my life. It’s relatively common for parents to track their children’s location. It’s seen as a safety precaution. Parents worry their kids could get lost, make bad decisions and put themselves in a dangerous position, or get kidnapped. I think a lot of this is based off parents not having trust in their kids or trust that their kids will tell the truth when they are in a bad situation. Also anxiety about not being able to control all aspects of who their kids hang out with or controlling where they are at all times. If I had kids I wouldn’t think it was necessary to track them but it calms some parents to know they never have to worry about not knowing where their kids are. It would definitely be overbearing for a host parent to track an exchange student and an invasion of privacy.
As far as the open door policy, it has to do with trusting kids as well. My parents required my door to be open when I had friends or other house guests over. I could close my door any other time. I would guess a host family would have the open door policy because an exchange student is a guest in their home. When I was little, the rule was there to make sure us kids weren’t getting in trouble. When I was a teenager it was honestly to prevent any inappropriate or s*xual behaviors. Parents in the US are generally very careful that there’s no kissing or anything happening. Even if it’s an irrational worry that something like that would occur. I was a very good girl who always followed the rules and had well behaved nice friends. My parents still made me keep the door open. They want you to know they can pop in at any moment to prevent any bad behavior. All my friend’s parents also had this open door rule.
This is my experience living in the Pacific Northwest. Different parents may have different rules. I think a lot of parents don’t trust their kids, it’s almost seen as bad parenting if you completely trust them. People just hear a lot of bad stuff on the news and get scared something could happen to their kid so they do everything in their power to protect them. Different parents give their kid more or less freedom. I would say I was raised in a moderately strict household.
@@andreasimmons4483 thanks
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I love the support! Thank you!