Family Life Articles

Certain times in the academic year tend to be universally challenging to students. Parents who understand the ups and downs of the first college year are better able to help their students negotiat...

Biographical story of Bob Pierce, founder of World Vision and then Samaritan's Purse. Cautions about imbalance in ministry over family.

By: Dennis Pollock

Guide for supporting children and families. Lists of resources on: Care, TC&E (Third Culture Kids Care & Education) Staff, Family Education.

By: SIL Third Culture Kid Ca...

A recent discussion with other member care workers, followed by a discussion with some prospective mission workers who plan to take early retirement and go abroad leaving behind their grown up chil...

Third Culture Kids and sexual abuse.  Written by the author of The Shack. 

By: Wm. Paul Young

LSCI is a brain-based, trauma-informed, relationship-building verbal strategy that turns crisis situations into learning opportunities for young people who exhibit challenging...

Stress is a natural part of even a healthy life. But too much stress can damage relationships, hamper productivity, even ruin lives.  Living in alien, often hostile cultures, typically without...

A Practical Path to Healing for Wives Facing a Husband’s Sexual Sin.

Connecting emotionally in marriage isn’t easy. Sadly, many men prefer the “false intimacy” found in pornography, lust...

Sammy's Next Move is a wonderful story about a snail named Sammy who lives around the world with his parents. He is a ‘third culture kid’, TCK or global nomad. He often moves to new countries and h...

Out of years of personal experience and interaction with other expatriate/third culture families, Robin Pascoe has caught the essence of the challenges and struggles that all too often are faced by...