Diplomacy Project

Imagine if the multinational children of parents working abroad could remain friends for life.

Article in the U.S. Foreign Service Journal, October 2023.
The enduring effects of formative years in Cairo.



Living Abroad With Children will help you anticipate and prepare for some of the inevitable opportunities for your children to make the most of living abroad. An overseas assignment is one of the greatest challenges for any family, especially if the children are under 18 years old. Their experience living abroad will almost certainly open up lifelong advantages, and may also create certain insecurities. Topics include schools, culture, side trips, writing home, thinking mindfully and autobiographically, anticipating college, and practical ways for children to survive, grow, and thrive. Fourteen contributors from France, Japan, Norway, and the United States share useful reflections for parents based on their lived experience as Third Culture Kids (TCKs) under the age of 18 with former addresses in Algiers, Ankara, Athens, Baghdad, Cairo, Frankfurt, Ismailia, Jakarta, Kabul, Karachi, Kathmandu, Lahore, London, Manilla, New York, Oslo, Paris, Pasadena, Portland, Prague, Seoul, Tehran, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, and Washington, DC. Parents, school counselors, and teachers, especially in international schools or serving multicultural, multinational, and “global nomad” students, will find value in this book.

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