TCK Team
Frontiers’ team of TCK family coaches, specialists, and coordinators exists to help families like yours thrive on the field. They walk with your family through the unique challenges of living overseas such as transitions, grief and loss, and more.
TCK Mentoring Program
Living between cultures can be especially difficult for teenage TCKs. The TCK Mentoring Program provides teens with trusted adult mentors who can encourage them through transitions, provide safe spaces for them to ask questions, and help them process the challenges of adolescence.
Events
- CS Kids: During Candidate School (Frontiers’ pre-field training program), children join a special track designed to help ease their transition to the field. We’ll equip kids to learn how to thrive no matter where they land.
- Oasis Retreat: This retreat is for Frontiers families on break from the field and provides a special time of rest and refreshment with other workers, TCKs, staff, and coaches.
- International and Regional Conferences: At conferences, children gather with other TCKs from around the world for fun activities and biblical teaching, forming deep friendships with peers.
More Resources for TCKs and Their Families
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Books
Misunderstood: The Impact of Growing Up Overseas in the 21st Century by Tanya Crossman
Explores the impact international life can have on children living overseas—while they live abroad, when they return, and into adulthood.
Swirly by Sara Saunders
A children’s picture book about a TCK who feels as though she doesn’t fit in—until she meets someone who is a lot like her.
Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds by David Pollock and Ruth Van Reken
An exploration of the challenges and benefits encountered by children of expatriates, missionaries, and others living outside their home cultures.
Online Resources
Interaction International
A global network that provides relevant resources, training, and articles about caring for TCKs.
A Life Overseas
A blog community where missionaries can find practical advice and honest conversations about life on the field.
Michèle Phoenix
Resources written and provided by a TCK advocate, writer, and former missionary kid.
Serve TCKs
Learn more about TCKs and discover the practical ways you can make a difference in their lives.
Third Culture Kids Ministry