Displaced expatriate children

Difficulties and crises in child migration The boundless new opportunities awaiting an expatriate family are well advertised, but the psychological problems and social issues experienced by migrating children

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Causes of Expat Child Syndrome

Expat Child Syndrome – know the causes so you can help your child In my previous post about Expat Child Syndrome, I introduced you to the condition, which

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Expat Child Syndrome

What is Expat Child Syndrome? Expat Child Syndrome, which is commonly shortened to ECS, is a term that is used to describe the emotional stress some children experience

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Third Culture Kids: our global future?

Who are Third Culture Kids? In the first exploration into the ‘imagined community’ of Expatria we established some of its key statistical contours, a rudimental mapping of a

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Do expat kids become expat adults?

Expat children become expats as adults A recent poll conducted by St. John’s among adults who grew up as expat children shows that the large majority of them

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A TCK story

Back in November 2012 I was happy to publish Cecilia Haynes’ TCK story in a three-part serialisation. Cecilia has lived in many, many countries and continues to travel

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Expat Chat: Interview with a true TCK in The Netherlands

TCK in The Netherlands Interview date – April 2013 What is your name? Ute Limacher-Riebold Where are you originally from? I’m German, but I was born in Switzerland

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TCK – a cultural identity crisis?

Third Culture Kids, ‘home’ and identity I can be brown, I can be blue, and now I’m a TCK, too! I have been reading about TCK’s, Third Culture

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Taking field trips with special needs children

Fieldtrips are a part of school life Most schools have them, and international schools are no exception. I just went with my nonverbal special needs child on two.

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Homesickness when there’s no ‘home’

Homesickness quotes When I posted a short piece about the word hiraeth, I included a list of quotes about homesickness. A sharp-eyed reader, Marilyn Gardner, pointed out that

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