Practice Makes Permanent Third Culture Kids get good at adjusting to new life situations, but just because you’re good at it, doesn’t make it easy. Remember the Olympics? That’s intentional practice making hard work look easy. When life hands you repeat situations, that can be…
“Common sense is only common to those with similar experiences.” – unknown. It was a great relief to me to hear those words. Sometime about year 6 or so of my transition to the U.S. after having grown up in Papua New Guinea…
Parents, here are 10 ways you can stretch out the transition process to help your graduating student stress less. Transition is inherently a time of change and upheaval. The challenges of adapting to a new way of living are daily and can be intense. Cumulatively,…
*First a note: This month I’m focusing on High School seniors who will be transitioning this coming summer, but these thoughts about lasts apply no matter who is leaving or being left. We might think of May or June (or December in some schools calendars)…
If you care for TCKs, sooner later you’re likely to be asked to give a presentation on transitions. Here’s a free transition seminar outline so you can spend your time planning how you’ll guide the discussions you want to have about these transition issues. By…