A TCK Ruminates

Blog by Third Culture Kid from Germany…

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Expat Expert

Author Robin Pascoe’s website.  She also keeps a blog, and has written several books that look interesting:

Raising global nomads: Parenting abroad in an on-demand world
A movable marriage:  Relocate your relationship without breaking it
Homeward bound: A spouse’s guide to repatriation

Her site also includes a reading list, chatroom, and links.

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From Tree Forts to Castles; one MK’s Transition Experience

by Kathleen Johnson
One brisk October evening in 2005, my 12 year old son and I made a visit to our soon-to-be home in the Netherlands. As is the norm in Holland, our rental house had been stripped bare, leaving behind only dingy walls, cold cement floors and bare windows. Loose wires hung from the ceilings [...]

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MKPlanet

mkPLANET is a growing community design and run by current and former MKs and adult MKs providing information, interaction, and support

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Paradise Mountain Ministries

Organization which provides a home-base for college aged missionary kids.

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Multilingual Living Magazine

The Bilingual/Bicultural Family Network is made up of families around the world who are raising their children bilingually and/or biculturally. The group provides support and resouces in the form of a website and e-newsletter packed with content as well as Seattle-based presentations, seminars and email contact.

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Cross-Cultural Kids

Ruth E. Van Reken and Paulette M. Bethel examine Cross-Cultural Kids (CCKs) using the Third Culture Kid (TCK) prototypes.  Looks at issues surrounding TCKs as well as children of bicultural parents, immigrants, refugess, minorites, international adoptees, and “domestic TCKs”.  Includes many descriptions, charts, and explanations about the CCK experience.  Very informative!!!

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Paradise Mountain Ministries

Organization which provides a home-base for college aged missionary kids.

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MK2MK

A Campus Crusade ministry for Missionary Kids.

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Reflections by Dan Plate

Thoughtful reflections on Dan Plate’s experience as a missionary kid.
I’ve been hiding for seven years now, and moving into my eighth. This isn’t my uncovering. This isn’t my break-out, let-go, be-free. These are words. These are somehow not even guaranteed to be my words, but they come from my mouth, and maybe from inside. [...]

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Missionary Family Counseling Services

MFCS provides pastoral counseling and support to missionary and clergy families from all denominations.

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Interaction International

International organization that seeks to meet the needs of third-culture kids* (TCKs) and internationally mobile families.  Provides seminars, and publishes Interact Magazine.

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Gatehouse Ministries

Gatehouse Ministries is a ministry that serves college-age Missionary Kids. 

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Mu Kappa

University organization for missionary kids.  Find chapters around the country.

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TCK World

TCK World is packed with articles, research, and links relating to Third Culture Kids. Third Culture Kids are children who have spent a significant part of their lives living in a country different than their parents’ birth country. Because they live somewhat between cultures 1 (their passport country) and 2 (the country in [...]

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