Recommendations and Resources

Megan Norton – TCK author and advocate

About Megan Norton:

Hello; Sziasztok; Bonjour; Guten Tag!

As the daughter of a former U.S. diplomat, I identify as a Global Nomad (Adult Third Culture Kid); and with my extensive international experience, I have a global perspective and demonstrate cross-cultural sensitivity. I have lived in ten countries (in order of moves: USA, South Africa, South Korea, Japan, Israel, Germany, Austria, Greece, Hungary, Poland, and currently in USA), 5 U.S. states (in order of moves: Virginia, Florida, South Carolina, Washington D.C., Michigan), and have visited over 30 countries.

I am an intercultural communication specialist and trainer. This title and the professional skill sets related to it have been applied in different ways over the past ten years specifically in the Third Culture Kid and transnational education space. I co-founded a nonprofit organization called “Intercultural Transitions” (www.interculturaltransitions.org) in which my co-founder and I envisioned serving our university-bound diplomatic TCK communities worldwide. I am also an independent consultant with several organizations that serve Third Culture Kids.

Find out more about Megan Norton and check out her podcast, her book, and more at her website!

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TCKs for Christ

TCKs for Christ strives to serve, encourage, and challenge teenage Christian TCKs and young adult TCKs to live victoriously with a firm identity in Jesus. TCKs for Christ considers all types of Christian TCKs such as missionary kids, business kids, diplomat kids, etc. They publish articles, interviews with TCKs, poetry and send out content via their newsletter.

Their team is made up of TCKs from around the world (five continents, to be precise) with various backgrounds, all connected by their faith, their desire to serve, and their love of writing.

Find out more by visiting their website, tcksforchrist.com

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TCK Resources – an online book archive

TCK Resources is a website designed to be a collection of resources for Third Culture Kids (TCKs): those individuals who have spent a large amount of their childhood in a culture different than that of their parents, and so develop a sense of belonging to both cultures. This includes Missionary Kids, Military Brats, children of business people or diplomats, or any other expat family.

They have organized these resources in a way that makes it easy to find something relevant to you, whether you’re a parent or teacher of TCKs or a TCK yourself. You can filter and search for just the book (or video, movie, etc) you want by intended audience, genre, topic, and location.

Check it out here!

By CulTuremiKs, ago

Writing, Flying, Free – Breanne Eckman

Writing, Flying, Free is a blog by Breanne Eckman, where she writes about her unique identity and perspective as a third culture kid and a Christian.

The purpose of the blog – “My goal is to reach people who have grown up feeling like they don’t belong and remind them where they do. To show people the truth, beauty, and meaning amidst a diverse and ever-changing life. I want to remind you that your experiences aren’t without purpose, your talents aren’t useless, and your story is a part of God’s big story for the whole world.”

Click here to see the blog!

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TCK Training

About Lauren Wells, the founder and director of TCK Training:
“Lauren is the Founder and Director of TCK Training and author of Raising Up a Generation of Healthy Third Culture Kids and The Grief Tower. An Adult Third Culture Kid (ATCK) who spent her teenage years living in Tanzania, East Africa, Lauren uses her personal experience and education in Child Development to support families who are learning to navigate life in a new culture. She has worked with over 1,000 parents and TCK caregivers and has trained staff from over 60 organizations. Lauren lives in South Carolina with her husband and two children.”

The mission of TCK Training is to come alongside parents and sending entities for the purpose of equipping, encouraging, and empowering them to raise up healthy Third Culture Kids.

Check out the website!

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Interaction International

Interaction International

Interaction International collaborates and networks to provide a quality flow of care for the global TCK community; this is accomplished by a worldwide strategy of developing services and resources, providing curriculum and training, and advocating for the needs and potential of TCKs.

Core Values

Prayerfulness
Interaction International is committed to prayer and discernment for forward movement, direction and growth.

Comprehensive Care
Interaction International advocates and works for the improvement of care for TCKs of all backgrounds, with a focus on those from the faith community, and their supporting communities globally.

Sustainable Generosity
Interaction International stewards resources and personnel in an open-handed and responsible manner that promotes longevity while living by faith.

Team Cohesion
Interaction International’s staff team is committed to faithfully caring for each other professionally and personally.

Continual Learning
Interaction International is committed to practices of deep listening, education, and growth to enhance our responsiveness to the changing realities of those we serve.

Visionary Strategies
Interaction International pursues cutting edge solutions to challenges, needs, and potentials of TCKs; raising the standard for improved care and equipping.

Collaborative Leadership
Interaction International strategically pursues relationships towards common goals in current and future expansion of TCK care. We support and champion what others do well and seek to lead humbly, creating connection and synergy.

By CulTuremiKs, ago

Taylor Joy Murray

Check out the blog here!

Taylor is a 19-year-old writer and author of Hidden in My Heart: A TCK’s Journey Through Cultural Transition.

When she was sixteen-years-old, she applied for a writing residency for the annual conference, Families in Global Transition. In exchange for an eight week mentoring process with the expat editor Jo Parfitt, she was required to attend FIGT to cover sessions and then write articles about them. The experience was a wonderful opportunity for learning and growth. Her blog was an outcome of the project. Since then, she’s written for expat and TCK-focused, print and online magazines.

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Communicating Across Boundaries

https://communicatingacrossboundariesblog.com/

“Marilyn R. Gardner is an adult third culture kid who grew up Pakistan and then lived as an adult in Pakistan and Egypt. From Boston to Pakistan and many points in between, she blogs about life, faith, travel, third culture kid peculiarities, cross-cultural communication, Pakistan, the Middle East and more. With a love of people, books, film, and the world, she invites others to join in the conversation.

Marilyn birthed 5 kids on 3 continents, and went on to raise them in Pakistan and Egypt before moving to the United States. She currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 15 minutes from the international terminal where she flies to the Middle East & Pakistan as often as possible.”

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