Articles
FIVE Cs THAT EXPLAIN MKs: Help for Those Who Love us
Defining what it means to be an MK ranks right up there with summarizing the plot of Inception or The Matrix. We’re not just Rubik’s Cubes. We’re R ...
Hidden in My Heart: A Tck's Journey Through Cultural Transition
When Taylor Murray arrived in Japan, she felt like she was on an adventure-an adventure that God had called her family to take. The unique food, th ...
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 ...
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
The Long-Term Impact of Boarding School
The long-term impact of boarding school can manifest itself as 'boarding school syndrome' - a condition counsellors need to be aware of and work wi ...
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, ...
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 ...
The effect of trauma on the brain and how it affects behaviors | John Rigg | TEDxAugusta
In his work with trauma patients, Dr. Rigg has observed how the brain is constantly reacting to sensory information, generating non-thinking reacti ...
To the Churches Whose Missionaries Have Come “Home”
It was 2001. My family had arrived in Kazakhstan in 1996, the first American family in our town, and been joined by other Americans and Aussies ove ...
Teaching Students with Reactive Attachment Disorders with Nicola Marshall
What do you do when your students don’t trust you? For children who have experienced abuse and neglect, forming trusting attachments to adults and ...
Breaking the Silence about Childhood Trauma | Dani Bostick | TEDxGreenville
Most discussions of PTSD focus on veterans to the extent that many people who suffer from PTSD are often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, especially am ...
Drowning in Empathy: The Cost of Vicarious Trauma | Amy Cunningham | TEDxSanAntonio
Caregivers and emergency responders are empathetic individuals who risk suffering from Compassion Fatigue, a form of PTSD that is treatable using t ...