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iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That Means for the Rest of Us
Born in the mid-1990s up to the mid-2000s, iGen is the first generation to spend their entire adolescence in the age of the smartphone. With social media and texting replacing other act...
TC & E How to Help Guide for Supporting Children & Families (TC & E = Third CUlture Kids Care & Education)
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...
Monthly Issues in a College Year - Student Transition - Parent and Family Engagement - Seattle University
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...
Video Games and Online Chats Are ‘Hunting Grounds’ for Sexual Predators
Criminals are making virtual connections with children through gaming and social media platforms. One popular site warns visitors, “Please be careful.”
YANGs » SYZYGY MISSIONS SUPPORT NETWORK
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...
Life Space Crisis Intervention, Inc.
LSCI is a brain-based, trauma-informed, relationship-building verbal strategy that turns crisis situations into learning opportunities for young people who exhibit challenging...
Overcoming Missionary Stress
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...
Sammy's Next Move: Sammy the snail is a travelling snail who lives in different countries
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...
The Culture Translator
Hiding in the Hallway: Anchoring Yourself as an MK
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...
Identity Theft of Third Culture Kids.
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...
TCK Training
The mission of TCK Training is to come alongside parents and sending entities for the purpose of equipping, encouraging, and empowering them to raise up healthy Third Culture Kids.
By: TC...