Third Culture Kids – A Gift to Care For By Ulrika Ernvik
Finished April 28, 2024
Take Aways:
- TCK’s should see that being a TCK isn’t their identity, but is just a part of it. Helping kids see that they are more than a TCK is important. I liked a lot of her activities, though there are more for younger kids. Give kids puzzle pieces and have them create a ‘picture’ of their life by writing the different parts of their life on the pieces (ex: TCK, Canadian, Doerksen, etc…)
- One great idea is creating a treasure chest and as a family putting in ‘treasures’ that have come from our life as a family in missions.
- Another idea is to buy a bunch of beads and have kids choose different beads that represent important relationships over the years. They can make a bracelet or a necklace that represent all these relationships so that they can see how their lives have been affected by many different people from many different places and it can help to integrate all of those relationships.
- Listening to children, and especially as they get older, and allowing them into the decision making process that families have to make, will give them a sense of being in control, even through transitions and change.
Overall, had some helpful ideas, but also felt that it didn’t recognize the positives enough and celebrate them, but I suppose that has to do with it being a book to give families tools, and that can come across as only noting the negatives of moving. It was a bit too focused on ’emotional health’ for my taste but I am glad to have read it and was able to glean some good ideas.
