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Me, Myself, and I: Staying Grounded While Single and Living Abroad
Taking Route is a group of expat women who want to reach out to other expat women around the globe and encourage them to take root, right where they’ve been planted.
One of the best...
7 Ways to Teach Your TCKs to Process Grief
By Lauren Wells The topic of TCKs and grief is one that circulates often on online forums about TCKS, and there is a good reason for this: we know that TCKs deal with a significant amount of loss. ...
Outlawed Grief, a Curse Disguised
Living abroad is an amazing adventure, but it comes with some baggage. And sometimes, the baggage fees are hidden, catching you by surprise, costing more than you planned. You thought you had...
Children with Special Needs
Families raising a child with special needs while living internationally face an incredible challenge. Not only are they navigating another culture, and all of the transitions and adjustments assoc...
A Very Dangerous Place for a Child Is College
“Colleges should do this and colleges should do that, everyone says?” I walked across the front of the auditorium, stopped and faced the two hundred young men who had invited me to their fraternity...
Helping kids who procrastinate on school work
What’s really behind all the dilly-dallying and delaying? Is procrastination simply laziness or lack of self-discipline?
By: Catherine Wilson
Cross-cultural education: advice for parents
This post covers some key advice I give to parents about coping with the stresses associated with cross-cultural education. I hope you will find these suggestions thought-provoking, encouragin...
Moving overseas with a child who has additional needs
Moving abroad with a child with additional needs. The range of extra needs is enormous. I hope that some of these general suggestions prove helpful.
by Carole Hallett Mobbs , Expat ...
Lessons Learnt Journal
Lessons Learnt Journal promotes creative ways to work, rest and play with children, supporting parents as they grow in their life with kids.
By: Pauline Soo
I Feel - I Need: Building Emotional Vocabulary
I feel-I need : This sheet (a PDF) provides a way to have a simple check in with yourself, and can also be shared with another person or a group/family. It can help you put a...
10 keys to your kids’ emotional health
We are living in a season of unprecedented new relational dynamics, and increased emotional demands. Families are feeling this exponentially as energy levels, ideas, and margin are stretched thin. ...
60 Ways to Keep Kids Engaged at Home During the Coronavirus Shutdown
A Mighty Girl's top tips for parents on keeping kids engaged at home while observing social distancing.
By: A Mighty Girl Staff