Is that Boarding School Right for Your Child?
Is That Boarding School Right for Your Child? Important questions to ask before deciding on a school for your child When considering boarding school for your child, many parents are…
May 30, 2020
Cross Cultural Kids
How a Sudden Departure From Home is a Big Hairy Deal
I watch the events in Egypt unfold, my thoughts are with the thousands of expat children and families who are living in Egypt as well as their Egyptian friends and…
February 13, 2020
Boarding Schools
Supporting Geographic Diversity at U.S Boarding Schools RNG International hosted a wonderful breakfast last week in Denver with over 40 independent school admission officers seeking to continue to diversify their…
October 15, 2016
International Students Are on the Rise
International students are on the rise in the U.S, up 10 percent, according to a recent study. But where exactly are they going? The most recent findings by the Institute…
August 22, 2016
Families in Global Transition: A Conference Reflection
This article by Becky Grappo first appeared in the Families in Global Transition (FIGT) email newsletter titled “FIGT Connections” published March 18, 2015. From FIGT: “With this issue of FIGT Connections, we…
March 31, 2015
Talking to Children and Teens About Being Different
I was 7 when we moved from Portugal back to Washington, D.C. On the first day of school, I immediately knew that I was different. Even though I was only…
February 3, 2015
Helping International Students Find a Good College
Almost all the parents with whom I work tell me that they just want their child to go to a “good” college. However, when asked to define the term, they…
October 21, 2013
TCK to future TCK: Advice about Successful International Moves
You’ve heard that expression, “Out of the mouths of babes comes the truth.” Well, when talking to the students at the Anglo-American School of Sofia (AAS-Sofia), I certainly heard a…
December 1, 2010
Where are You From?
Ask a *Third Culture Kid (TCK) where he/she is from, and watch most of them stumble over the answer. The TCK wonders, do you mean where I was born? The…
April 13, 2010
Teaching Locally, Thinking Globally: Helping School Educators Think about TCKs
Perhaps one of the highlights of the conference for me was the presentation by Ruth Van Reken, who co-authored the book, Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, with the…
March 7, 2010
TCKs and Transition to University – Pre-Conference session at Families in Global Transition Conference
Day one of the Families in Global Transitions conference was as great as I expected it to be! Some of the “rock stars” in the world of working with expat…
March 5, 2010
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