by rbrown | Jun 17, 2020 | Anxiety, Marriage, Member Care, Pandemic, Parenting, Resilience, Singles, Stress, TCKs |
Four members of the Tumaini Counseling Clinical team held a webinar on 17 June 2020 that addressed the 4 Covid-19 related topics of: Uncertainty Anxiety Helping Kids Cope Teams and Relationships The entire 66 minute webinar can be streamed either for audio only or as...
by rbrown | Jun 5, 2020 | Cross-Cultural, Parenting, TCKs
Book Review “Lauren Wells, founder and director of TCK Training, and herself a TCK from Tanzania, has put together this guide for those who work with and love TCKs. Citing the research of Dave Pollock, Ruth van Reken and Michael Pollock in the classic Third...
by rbrown | Jun 2, 2020 | Conflict, New, Pandemic, Parenting, TCKs, Transition
Many families, including missionaries, have seasons of time where their adult children return to live with them. This could be sheltering in place during the pandemic with college closed or during times of unemployment, transition, physical illness, extended family...
by rbrown | Apr 10, 2020 | Anxiety, New, Pandemic, Parenting, TCKs, Trauma
The Trauma Healing Institute of the American Bible has developed a free resource for parents to help their children during the time of change and uncertainty associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. This 10 page pdf contains brief stories, discussion points, questions,...
by creativemgrus | Sep 23, 2013 | TCKs
Working With Children After Traumatic Events Article by Dr Richard W. Baggé I. General Principles A. Children and adolescents (and adults) need to be understood in relationship to the stage of their development. B. The younger the child, the more dependent their...
by creativemgrus | Sep 19, 2013 | TCKs
We often think about grief and loss as being adult experiences and emotions. However, Missionary Kids (MK’s) experience incredible amounts of loss with their frequent travel and moving. They lose their best friends when they leave a country or someone goes on...