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Hidden in My Heart: A Tck's Journey Through Cultural Transition
When Taylor Murray arrived in Japan, she felt like she was on an adventure-an adventure that God had called her family to take. The unique food, the strange language and the foreign culture were ex...
Good Grief: Helping TCKs Navigate Their Unresolved Grief
I grew up in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I only moved there when I was ten but had lived a few places before then. So when we got there and stayed for almost eight years – all of middle and high s...
Funny Things Third Culture Kids Say
Kids say the darndest things. Parents make the darndest lists out of them. Writers published the darndest lists of the darndest things those kids say. Sorry. Some of these are from my own Third Cul...
Don't Ask Where I'm From, Ask Where I'm a Local
When someone asks you where you're from… do you sometimes not know how to answer? Writer Taiye Selasi speaks on behalf of "multi-local" people, who feel at home in the town where they grew up, the ...
The Long-Term Impact of Boarding School
The long-term impact of boarding school can manifest itself as 'boarding school syndrome' - a condition counsellors need to be aware of and work with.
5 Tips for Leaving Well With Teenagers
Moving overseas with teenagers can be daunting for both the teen and their parents. Having personally moved overseas as a young teen, I can speak to the challenges of uprooting and rerooting during...
FIVE Cs THAT EXPLAIN MKs: Help for Those Who Love us
Defining what it means to be an MK ranks right up there with summarizing the plot of Inception or The Matrix. We’re not just Rubik’s Cubes. We’re Rubik’s Cubes whose facets are made of multicultura...
Fostering the Relationships in a TCK's Life
For this post, I'd like to focus on the relationships TCKs have in their life. I'm going to share some ideas for the three different relationships they have (with family, with others, and with...
Living Between Worlds – A Post on TCKs
For as long as I can remember I have lived between worlds. My first memories of life are from a rooftop in the southern area of Pakistan. The high, flat roof surrounded by walls was a perfect place...
The effect of trauma on the brain and how it affects behaviors | John Rigg | TEDxAugusta
In his work with trauma patients, Dr. Rigg has observed how the brain is constantly reacting to sensory information, generating non-thinking reactions before our intelligent individual human brains...
Teaching Students with Reactive Attachment Disorders with Nicola Marshall
What do you do when your students don’t trust you? For children who have experienced abuse and neglect, forming trusting attachments to adults and peers can be a challenge. In an effort to not be a...
Breaking the Silence about Childhood Trauma | Dani Bostick | TEDxGreenville
Most discussions of PTSD focus on veterans to the extent that many people who suffer from PTSD are often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, especially among our children. Since PTSD can masquerade as ADH...