Why this British expat and her kids choose Thailand over the UK

Why this British expat and her kids choose Thailand over the UK | 30+ years as an expat in Thailand

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Sweet Life Lanta

16 күн бұрын

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@ninasaunders7565 13 күн бұрын

The fact the her adult children still want to hang around her is a big accomplishment

@yvonnebirch6026 13 күн бұрын

Beautiful ‘kids’. There is an aura of calm peace about this lady ! Great interview ! Thank you 🙏❤️🙏

@lenatruong8863 13 күн бұрын

Oh how I would to hear more about her story. Please do a follow up. She sounds like she has more to say if there was time. ❤

@aleksandraarsenijevic4238 13 күн бұрын

I would like to see her and her children too. Their life and experiences can help not only expats but many other people who live in different culture.

@lenatruong8863 13 күн бұрын

I totally agree. I am wondering if she herself can speak thai. So fascinating

@SweetLifeLanta 5 күн бұрын

We did this interview a year ago and it was actually specified to the topic: raising half Thai kids in Thailand. And finally I didn't manage to make that video but when I watched her interview again, I thought it was too interesting to just waste it. That's why the information is quite limited. I would definitely be interested to talk more to Caron about other topics too.

@rie20100 13 күн бұрын

There is always so much to learn from these videos Mayaan. Karon gave us a very interesting look at "both worlds" so to speak. Thank-you Mayaan, I always appreciate and enjoy these interviews. Much love to you, Mon & family.❤️🇨🇦

@Shungabali 9 күн бұрын

What a nice down to earth lady with a boho life style, she is lucky to be able to enjoy this kind of life and her children must be the coolest people to be around❤

@mariettathornton5924 13 күн бұрын

You never fail to interview interesting people Mayan! Thanks for sharing this video 😊

@KarmaBottari 13 күн бұрын

What a gorgeous woman - so calm and warm. She exudes a beautiful light and what a joy to be so proud about her "job well done" as a mother raising her babies. It's all we really want to achieve in life (as mothers) happy, healthy connected children/adults. I would love for you to do like a part 2 perhaps about her life married to a Thai man and the dynamics of that union and ultimately the end of their marriage (just a thought) xx As always, thank you Mayan for your delightful content - it brings me calm ..

@joycebroomfield8237 13 күн бұрын

Interesting video Mayaan. Hope there is a part 2.

@SweetLifeLanta 5 күн бұрын

I would love to

@mamabemoreunicorn 13 күн бұрын

Great video. I have a half Thai daughter and am from the UK. I'm constantly wrestling with the choice of what to do about education for her. We are in north Thailand now but craving island life...its a difficult choice as a single mum. I work in an international school and in 2 years my kid has learned zero Thai and only how to be materialistic because of their behaviour management system of rewarding behaviour with gifts. It isn't working for us but I don't know what else to do in life for work and providing education...its so hard. I wish I was strong and brave like this lady!

@SweetLifeLanta 13 күн бұрын

Yeah we are all struggling with the same things. Also us down south.... we chose to send the kids to Thai school so to instill a little thainess in them before they grow up but the first two years were extremely difficult. I have struggled a lot if I was doing the right thing. All the international school kids seemed so happy while mine didn't want to go to school... I'm sure Caron was also struggling a lot in that time, but now she can look back and be happy with the result. We want to expose our kids to as much as possible of course; both cultures, both languages, but sometimes our choices and capacities are limited. Especially if you're a single western lady living in Thailand. You can't do it all...

@Beats00001 13 күн бұрын

The Land of Smirks isn't a good place to bring up children. Just being honest

@marcanthonyskidmore4131 11 күн бұрын

Send them to the UK. Thailand backwards education.

@suarsivapong9311 7 күн бұрын

ไปถาม คุณมะลิ ผู้ดูแล ค่ายมวย เผื่อพวกคุณจะได้มุมมอง ที่น่าคิดมากขึ้น มองภาพกว้างได้มากขึ้น

@AltLifeNow 5 күн бұрын

@@Beats00001 And where is? You got any better ideas, then we are all ears.

@cornelisverhoef9282 5 күн бұрын

What an incredible woman/mother. I have lived in Thailand (Bangkok) for 23 years. My Thai wife of 20 years see our son growing up the same way. At home in two cultures. That's just so amazing. And we will always stay in this wonderful country. That's thanks to the ordinary citizens, not the government.

@tkilla1202 11 күн бұрын

Fantastic lady, and fantastic interview (stepped back and let her speak in full - outstanding production)

@twinflowerfioretta 13 күн бұрын

Wow, I'm thrilled by this woman, her life story is extremely moving and remarkable❣️the painted portraits of her four children show that she has an artist's soul. I would really like to know more about her... Great story about Caren, an extraordinary woman, thank you very much Maayan for your interview with her❤🙏

@rosenancy3382 13 күн бұрын

Her experiences were very educational n inspiring. Thank you Caron and Maayan for this interview

@Consecrated2Him7 13 күн бұрын

Thank you Mayaan & Karon for the inspirational video 💕

@wichetleelamanit6195 Күн бұрын

Amazing story.

@AltLifeNow 5 күн бұрын

What an amazing woman! A pioneer in her own right. After being married to a Thai woman for almost 10 years with an 8 year old son living in Thailand now for for almost 7 years I feel she just demystified the educational system so succinctly for me, that I'm truly grateful for having watched this. Thanks Maayan for your continued efforts to tell people's stories. You're a star! And Karen, my hat goes off to you. You're an inspiration, truly authentic and no doubt, an incredible strong force in the world. Cheers!

@SweetLifeLanta 5 күн бұрын

Wow so nice to read your encouraging words. Really appreciate it, and I'm sure Caron will feel the same.

@user-hc8ln6pg3t 13 күн бұрын

Awesome Mayaan! You guys are beautiful, conscious, strong, intelligent women. Such an inspiration to all women in the world!! 🥰

@cozycornerz 3 күн бұрын

I love videos like this when you interview fellow expats.

@11235benzinger 12 күн бұрын

I loved this interview and how you step back. What a wonderful lady and how blessed her 'children' are.

@JRspeaking 13 күн бұрын

I would have liked to hear more about her life in general, not just her kids and educational views.

@stevens8785 13 күн бұрын

Yes, I can relate to this having spent plenty of time around the wife's farm over the years. Nice video guys. Cheers. 🤩

@Mrbimdrummer 5 күн бұрын

I too am British and lived in thailand 11 years now. I live rural life also. I relate to everything in this. Thank you for your story. Much love

@allypaul7310 8 күн бұрын

I would love to hear more from this woman & it would be cool if one of her kids was there too.

@Swampzoid 13 күн бұрын

I love her home and artwork

@karenkinyone613 13 күн бұрын

Great video! Loved her ♥️

@GOINGCRAZYINTHEKITCHEN 9 күн бұрын

What a wonderful person! Impressed by the intergrity. Good interview!!!

@christina9238 13 күн бұрын

"Sterile" and boring, are exactly the words i use when describing the overall landscape in the United States. It simple feels stripped of something.

@ERNIE555 13 күн бұрын

Soulless

@thaimanclark 5 күн бұрын

Wonderful Thank you. 14 years here now, first visit in 1971.

@gabrieleuwira9731 12 күн бұрын

Very great video and so interesting for me too , even Caron is a friend of mine. We never spoke about the old times , just about the present. So I really enjoyed to hear about the days without electricity and things like that on our beautiful island. 🏝️

@SweetLifeLanta 5 күн бұрын

That's why I love doing this so much. I have an excuse to talk about things that we sometimes not talk about much.

@gabrieleuwira9731 5 күн бұрын

@@SweetLifeLanta I actually think, she could fill even 2 videos with her story's. One about herself and the past and present or future....and one about the kinds. 😉

@SweetLifeLanta 5 күн бұрын

@@gabrieleuwira9731 totally agree, I think we could do a whole minidoc series about her and her life, haha... This specific interview I did a year ago and it was intended as part of the video Raising half Thai kids in Thailand, which I finally didn't get to finalise. But I thought the interview was so good that I didn't want it to go to waste. That's why it's more about the kids than about Caron herself. But I totally agree that this video makes you want even more ❤

@IanCrouse 2 күн бұрын

Wonderful content. I will spend Wednesday enjoying coffee and living my dream through your channel until I can move to Thailand.

@evian. 12 күн бұрын

Thanks, Mayaan, for this enjoyable video. I also love my daughter. I love spending time with her. Sending love to all.

@evaa-w5399 8 сағат бұрын

I was adopted from Bangkok by Swedish parents when I was 6 weeks old, and I grew up in Sweden and my husband is English and our kids are luk kreungs as well. Love your house and the scenery

@evaa-w5399 8 сағат бұрын

My kids only speak English, I should really teach them more Swedish. My oldest was born in Sweden, but upon moving to England she got bullied so he to choose to only speak English and I'm trying to learn Thai, which seems daunting

@yipmabaruya1148 6 күн бұрын

Good morning from Papua New Guinea. I enjoyed watching your contents.

@Vonsat 12 күн бұрын

Great interview, Maayan😊 It's always interesting to listen to Thai expats' life stories.

@sallyjaynes2433 13 күн бұрын

Wonderful invite to share this interview, Maayan ❣️. Through the video, thought provocative with regards to her kids & schooling/teachings. You let her in to describe her living/life - past marriage & current present day. Mostly a biography of her telling as an expat without much interrupt, Kudos! ✌️☮️

@heatherpoulsen8780 9 күн бұрын

The precious soul would make the best friend ever! She's so sincere. Please do more videos with her.

@kateseverein7650 13 күн бұрын

Sounds magic - gorgeous podcast

@reneebyrne1361 13 күн бұрын

What a great interview with an inspiring lady. Love & Wisdom exudes from her ❤

@onlyone664 12 күн бұрын

Awesome! She looks happily retired having passed motherhood w/ flying colors! Love her potraits & home deco! Cool & airy yet warm altogether! Very rustic & I'm especilly diggin the 3-toned windows by the bed!

@riz915 13 күн бұрын

Sent my love to hubby kids and ducks♥️

@NickyDunn 7 күн бұрын

I always love your content. Great video. And interview. Loved hearing her story. Thank you for sharing. Wishing you a wonderful weekend. Sorry for the lack of comments, we are caring for elderly relatives so life has been hectic.

@SweetLifeLanta 6 күн бұрын

Oh Nicky! It's been a long time indeed. So kind of you to take care of family. Big hugs ❤️❤️❤️

@stevesorrell4541 11 күн бұрын

Very lucky and privileged to count Caron as a friend. Been more than 20'years now and I can only agree what a wonderful, inspirational lady she is. Lovely kids, living their lives as they choose. Hope to see you soon Caron xx

@Nlav26 9 күн бұрын

Great video, wish it was longer. Would love to hear more about her experience being married to a Thai and how that impacted the parenting of her children, as well as her Thai language skills, among other things.

@SweetLifeLanta 9 күн бұрын

Agree! This was just the tip of the iceberg! We want more! I hope Caron is up for it 😍😍😍

@thalelolamai 13 күн бұрын

Hi Caron! So lovely to see your face and hear your voice ❤

@jaclineheto8615 13 күн бұрын

Wonderful video, I love it ! 👏 This lady is a beautiful soul. 🙏

@jaclineheto8615 14 күн бұрын

J'ai très envie d'écouter votre vie en Thaïlande. Khob khun kha depuis l'Europe. Il est 08:20 am, vendredi 14 juin !

@maryannemann8557 12 күн бұрын

Loved this ❤️

@alessandrafois9205 12 күн бұрын

Thanks for this video. Really interesting!

@dianaduval9497 13 күн бұрын

Great interview. Very pleasant

@jonlambert76 2 күн бұрын

Love to see this perspective.

@Valerie-gn1rr 13 күн бұрын

Interesting and lovely woman. Pretty good painter too.

@bluestarfishsea 13 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing 🙏🙏

@anirbanmukherjee000 13 күн бұрын

amazing woman,😀 God is smiling 😊

@heekyungkim8147 6 күн бұрын

she seems very wise. Enjoy listening to her life story.

@seaview9948 13 күн бұрын

So interesting, thank you .

@wendy-0101 13 күн бұрын

❤👍🏼Wonderful to late for me now, but in my next life. 😂Great interview & what a Fantastic personality. ❤🙏🏼for sharing. xxx

@keepcreationprocess 11 күн бұрын

autonomy - sovereign (my words)- beautiful words

@anumatis 13 күн бұрын

I enjoyed this video with my morning coffee. What a nice start of the day 😘

@nezyongvlog 13 күн бұрын

❤ your video and the stories.

@TheEssenceIsLove 13 күн бұрын

Amazing ❤

@thanaang1455 11 күн бұрын

Wow, 30 years ago, I can't imagine how rural Koh Lanta was. Really enjoy the interview.

@pakawanmalayavech101 11 күн бұрын

Sawasdee, love your video, thank you very much for sharing this.🌺🌹💐 beach 🏖 ❤️🎈💐🎈✈️

@carolyagou8874 6 күн бұрын

Very smart lady ❤

@elaineross9365 13 күн бұрын

Like #17 😊. Great video guys, as always, enjoy low season ❤

@SweetLifeLanta 13 күн бұрын

Elaine!!! Which one is number 17? I didn't get it

@elaineross9365 13 күн бұрын

@@SweetLifeLanta I hit the 'like' button. Was 'like' #17, I was early lols

@SweetLifeLanta 13 күн бұрын

@@elaineross9365 oh haha yeah!!! Lucky number 17!

@paulalitinetsky97 13 күн бұрын

Great interview

@marketsqueezer 2 сағат бұрын

Super artist❤

@meredithmonsantofils3532 2 күн бұрын

As a mama Farang I loved her story

@tanjaosilic6641 13 күн бұрын

I am agree

@margarettownsley9500 13 күн бұрын

Life is life no matter where you live nothing is easy or stress free it’s just that we have a way of coping and getting through it even if we lived in Timbuktu

@anaassispacheco7702 10 күн бұрын

Caron is such an interesting woman !! ( and i also apreciate her canvas, portraing her kids 💖💖💖💖). Thanks Maayan !!! It would be great to get to know her adult children.

@OverTheSevenSeas Күн бұрын

Could you please make a video one day about what long term expats do in old age when they may not qualify to get a pension from their home country? It would be super helpful.

@philjohnson3829 6 күн бұрын

Congratulations you did a great thing that I could and should have done but didn't and still regret . Marvellous

@eddiegrant58 9 күн бұрын

"It's too sterile" - exactly.

@pakawanmalayavech101 11 күн бұрын

Amazing and great video.🏖👍🌺🌹💐👭

@daniellehull8443 5 күн бұрын

I 💖 your new vids Lanta!! Girl..your doing ur thang!! ( as they say in 🇺🇸😎)..you GO SWEET LIFE LANTA! BIG FAN

@SweetLifeLanta 4 күн бұрын

❤️❤️❤️ 😂😂😂 thanks!

@joelmonkley6177 10 күн бұрын

Nice the good old days early,,90s the Thailand i loved i difnt know the thais in that area had massive families but do know of thai familes of least 8 kids great video thank bedt wishes from Auckland New Zealand 🇳🇿🥝❤️🙏

@gabriellekelly4211 13 күн бұрын

So beautiful 😍 ❤

@Slow-LifeWanderers 8 күн бұрын

Inspirational!! ❤🎉 (Is she in our Mama Ferang group?)

@SweetLifeLanta 5 күн бұрын

I don't think so, she's in another stage of life now 😂

@anaassispacheco7702 13 күн бұрын

💖

@bunterngkhemwong 11 күн бұрын

Her jobs done. Can't agree more.

@mirandar8709 11 күн бұрын

Great, beautiful Caron!

@sharimahigab1292 12 күн бұрын

More please

@GM-cq6ez 4 күн бұрын

Thanks for another great interview, Maayan. This woman sort of interviewed herself, though. These stories give us further insight into a farang's life in Thailand. I like the simplicity of her home. Reminds me of life in California in the 60's. So natural and cool. Unlike the capitalistic phony cr*p we've descended into. Good job..

@SweetLifeLanta 4 күн бұрын

Her house is so beautiful indeed. It's nourishing for the soul.

@geoff1963 11 күн бұрын

❤🇹🇭

@Guidotine 14 күн бұрын

Nice to see Caron 🙂

@Beats00001 13 күн бұрын

I'd never bring my children up in The Land of Smirks.

@francinedowling8514 10 күн бұрын

Did you work there Karen. How you managed for all these years. Really interesting. I also live in Thailand but not on an island.

@keepcreationprocess 11 күн бұрын

thank you for this interview - what is her name ?

@SweetLifeLanta 4 күн бұрын

Caron is her name

@londonPB 2 күн бұрын

All expats forget living here, you need to go back and save the UK! :)

@palidamook1767 11 күн бұрын

สวัสดีค่ะ🙏

@Phucket24 3 күн бұрын

So what’s your plan if you become sick ? (Cancer) rush back to England ?

@GingerNuts361-ny4qp 3 күн бұрын

I loved the national parks in Thailand but the snakes are psychotic, Australia’s snakes are far more poisonous but don’t go out of their way to attack you

@monero892 11 күн бұрын

Never heard someone pronounce Karen that way 😅 Posh way I guess

@SweetLifeLanta 5 күн бұрын

I believe it's Caron, not Karen.

@JohnCladVanDamn 9 күн бұрын

Ok. So, let’s see how the kids are doing.

@SweetLifeLanta 5 күн бұрын

They are doing very well 😊

@keepcreationprocess 11 күн бұрын

YOU STILL NEED ALOT OF SCIENTIFIC WAY OF THINKING OTHERWISE THEY WILL REMAIN STUPID FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVESSSSSS

@Suttisan78 Күн бұрын

Thai guys never hang around, all the girlfriends I had in Thailand told me this, plenty of them got knocked around too. Western women get better treatment in Thailand regarding visas, hardly any documents for a spousal visa if you're a women, very different if you're a western man with a Thai gf / wife. Hat off to this lady though if she can make it work. She also mentions the Thai education system, as someone who studied a degree in THailand and was a teacher she is spot on, the education system is just awful, Thailand has one of the lowest levels of English for example.