FAQ Series
ByWith a lot of questions to answer for my FAQ page, I am going to make them a series of posts. Then I will compile all the answers on my FAQ page. Here is what I will be addressing so far:
About Me:
1. Why don’t you stay in the U.S. and work? Why do you travel with Joe?
2. Did you always want to marry a professional athlete?
3. How do your parents/family feel about your lifestyle as a professional athlete’s wife?
4. What is your favorite/least favorite part of your life as a professional athlete’s wife?
5. What is your favorite place you have lived?
6. Do you ever want to work?
7. How to find time to read so many books?
8. How do you start a blog?
About Joe:
1. Is Joe’s personality off the court similar to how he plays on the court?
2. How did you and Joe meet?
3. How much longer does Joe want to play basketball? Is there a point where if something happened with your family he would definitely stop?
4. What does Joe want to do when he is done?
About Our Family/Lifestyle:
1. Why don’t you put the kids in school overseas? What schooling options do you provide for your children?
2. Do your kids speak more than one language? Do you encourage this? How do they deal with the language barrier?
3. Do your children have friends while living abroad?
4. Do the kids feel pressure because of Joe’s job? Does your son feel like he has to play basketball?
5. How do you go about starting to cloth diaper?
6. How do you employ grace and mercy in your parenting?
7. What is your family’s diet like?
8. How do you pack for living abroad 9-10 months out of the year?
9. How do you travel alone with young children?
If you have any other questions you would like to add to this list, please feel free to do so in the comments section or by sending me a message. Some of the questions that I have already answered in prior posts/pages, will simply be referenced, while others will become their own post. Hopefully some other basket wives will weigh in with their own experiences as well!
5 Comments
March 7th, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Dear Erin,
I’ve a couple of questions: I understand you don’t put your kids in schools overseas, right? So, how about the school education? How it works for your kids? Furthermore: I imagine the language is a hard barrier, specially for your kids; what about it? Due to that, probably your kids have no friends wherever you live being overseas: do you feel it as a problem?
Kind regards,
Francesco.
March 7th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Hey Erin!
A quick question to add to your list: how do you manage to travel with your kids ALONE? I flew with Eli once when he was about 10 months and it was tricky, but manageable. I’m planning on doing it again this summer when I head up to Mechanicsburg and I don’t think it will be as easy this time. As a toddler, it’s getting harder to depend on him napping and being quiet and still. Any suggestions for traveling with little ones would be great!
Thanks!
Ashley
March 7th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
You know I am game to weigh in. You are motivating me to think of the questions I get asked and how those questions have changed now that I stay behind.
March 7th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Okay, I have two I’ll throw in. 1) How is your commitment to be more steadfast this year going? and 2) Do you and Joe have a line in the sand that would determine whether you would move back to the States permanently and do something else? Such as if X or Y happened in our family, we would move back and Joe would do something else. That’s it! Thanks
March 7th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Do your kids speaks more than one language? If not do you feel it is important for them to try and learn?