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Everywhere & Nowhere Third Culture Kids
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

This project is my final major project (12 weeks) for my Foundation Year at the Arts University Bournemouth.

’Everywhere & Nowhere’ is a short film (documentary) about my story as a t...

The Beautiful Art of Goodbyes: A Missionary Kid’s Perspective
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

In a life of constant transition, coping with farewells is a familiar but painful feeling for MKs.

Hiding in the Hallway: Anchoring Yourself as an MK
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

Written specifically to missionary teens, Hiding in the Hallways offers MKs a biblical context for their faith in light of their unique circumstances, challenges, and opportunities. Filled with per...

Such A Bubble with Waciwi
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

Waciwi calls it like it is. She shares her story with courageous transparency and honesty and challenges the culture and religion that shaped her developmental years. She speaks with passion and vu...

Identity Theft of Third Culture Kids.
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

This post will have some nodding their heads in agreement and others shaking their fist in frustration. It’s a risk I’m willing to take I’m actually terrified of you people. Others may read this, n...

How to Care Well for MK’s {An Interview With an Expert}
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

 I think of Donna Kushner as a hero. She is a champion of MK’s and TCK’S, their stories, journeys and life struggles. She was so moved by the need to care for MK’s better, she pioneered a...

Emotional Resilience and the Expat Child: Practical Storytelling Techniques That Will Strengthen the Global Family
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

The only thing you can be sure you can move around the world is your child's ability to increase his or her interpersonal skills. In today's global world, each of us is searching for effective tool...

10 Ways Expats and TCKs Can Relate to Buddy the Elf
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

I don’t know about you, but I find it very hard to believe that Elf has been around since 2003. It quickly became one of the Christmas movie classics — right up there with Home Alone, The Santa Cla...

But I Did Anyway - Mock Funeral
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

Mock Funeral There was no funeral.No flowers.No ceremony.No one had died.No weeping or wailing.Just in my heart.I can’t…But I did anyway,and nobody knew I couldn’t.I don’t want to…But nobody else s...

An Interview with Sara Saunders, Author of the TCK Book - SWIRLY
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

There have been a lot of books written about Third Culture Kids but not so many for them, especially for young TCKs. Swirly, written by adult-TCK Sara Saunders and illustrated by Matthew ...

CulTure miKs
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

This is a website for Third Culture Kids (TCKs). Go ahead and click around to discover some great art created by TCKs, for TCKs, about the TCK experience!

Living Between Worlds – A Post on TCKs
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

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...