Counselling - Parenting: TCK's

This book in not to discourage people from the enriching experience of being a globally nomadic family, but rather to be better prepared to do it well and gain the greatest benefits from the experience. This is a book written from both the head and the heart, and it speaks to the head and the heart of the reader.

n this book, the author recounts with honesty and her trademark humour what worked for her family, and shares teh hard lessons learned. Parenting styles in general, and of third culture kids in particular, have changed dramatically, prompting this timely and comprehensive reexamination of the challenges of parenting abroad. Any parent even considering moving children abroad should read this book first.

This book speaks to the challenges and rewards of a multicultural childhood: the joy of discovery and heartbreaking loss, its effect on maturing and personal identity, and the difficulty in making the transition home. It brings to life the essence of the cultural, emotional, physical, and geographical experiences of the nomadic life of a TCK.

Presents memoirs in which twenty writers recall their experiences as children, moving from place to place because of their parents' career choices.