Articles

The Beautiful Art of Goodbyes: A Missionary Kid’s Perspective

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

Emotional Resilience and the Expat Child: Practical Storytelling Techniques That Will Strengthen the Global Family

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 ...

Everywhere & Nowhere Third Culture Kids

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

’Everywhere & Nowhere’ i ...

A Color of His Own

The classic story about searching for somewhere to belong, from four-time Caldecott honor winner Leo Lionni.Elephants are gray. Pigs are pink. Only ...

An Interview with Sara Saunders, Author of the TCK Book - SWIRLY

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 a ...

7 Thoughts for Graduating TCKs

Dear Graduating Senior, This spring I hugged you. I cried with you. I said goodbye to you. And then I looked into the faces of your parents as they ...

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 ...

7 Lies Christians in College Tell Themselves

Christians in college are susceptible to these lies. Here’s how each can be debunked.

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 relations ...

Growing Up Global: What a TCK's Life is Like

A collection of stories compiled and edited by Cindy Loong.

Note: unsure if still in print

By Cindy Loong

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, ...

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 ...