Many people are prepared for a few culture clasheswhen they move abroad. However, one UK mum who is raising her kids in Spain has shared the 'things no one warns you about'. Jodie, known as @jodiemar1ow on Instagram, shared details about her new life in Spain with her 6,400 followers on the app. In one of her latest reels, she shared the three big differences she's noticed when it comes to raising her kids abroad.

Diving into the first issue, Jodie said it was bedtime. She explained: "Bedtimes... they just aren't a thing. We have been to parties until 10pm, in fact Jayden had a party that was going to end at 12am.

"I actually did pick him up at 11pm because I was like he's 6-years-old. This is so late."

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She added: "Kids are playing on the street until 11pm is just normal. Bedtimes just don't exist. What is bedtime?"

The second issue she raised was that kids in Spain finish school at 5pm. She said: "It makes no sense to us Brits that they finish at 5pm, and for their dinner breaks they have 2.5 hours to have their food and play.

Like they have a sit down three course lunch at lunch time. If I did that, I'd be done for the day. I can not do a three-course lunch.

"People in Spain find it mad I just have a sandwich, it's crazy."

Jodie said that if ever kids then do after-school activities they finish even later.

The third thing the mum had noticed is that her kids are 'definitely more Spanish' than her.

"If you ask them they'll say they're Spanish-English," she said.

"They correct me now if I say things in Spanish wrong and they're basically fluent.

"I wasn't prepared for all these correction and how they pronounce things [so well]."

Many people could relate to Jodie in the comments, as one person wrote: "I’m a Canadian living in Spain, so nice to meet you! The lunch is insane, haha I mean I love it for my son but I was blown away by it."

While another added: "Taking Iyla to her friends soft play party at 5yrs I was in shock. I said, 'I'm leaving now as Iyla has bedtime'. Everyone was looking at me weird haha."

A third chimed in: "I'm in Alicante with a 6 month old baby and everything is baffling me already. Sensory classes for babies simply don’t exist, wild."

However, one other person wrote: "Our school day has always finished at 2, both primary and secondary school. I think it depends on area."