How do you transition
Hi! I am a learning parent here of two young tck boys. I am curious how your families transitioned between countries/cultures. How did you “say good-bye?” In our situation, we are currently “settled” in our host country for an unknown length of time. We have been returning to the states every other year for about 3-4 months. They have been too young to really process these changes, but next time we go back they will be a little older. Even though they were young this last time, I had a 2 and 4 year old, I especially noticed some “stress” signals in my kids. I want to be able to help them process…..So I am just thinking outloud and curious about some of your experiences as TCK’s. Thanks in advance. I really appreciate your thoughts and you for sharing them!
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2 Comments to “How do you transition”
June 9th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Hi vita!
It’s good to hear that you’re making an effort to help your kids through the transitions - it can make a big difference in their perception of the TCK experience. I know I had some transitions that went relatively well in part because of support from my parents, but then at least one other one that went pretty badly from a lack of it…
As a start I thought I’d post a link to an article on my blog, which is actually an interview I caught on the radio by chance one day. The station interviewed a child psychologist about moving and helping your kids through the transition: http://thatplacecalledhome.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/tcks-in-the-news/
I’ll leave it at that for now I guess - I can comment on what I appreciated/what I would have liked to have when I moved as a kid, but I never moved that young, my first move was when I was 8. Hopefully some other people will be along shortly with some more personal suggestions on how to handle moving young kids.
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June 9th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Listening to your kids is the first step and I guess you do that already.
It’s amazing how much a person can feel better when someone they love listens to their problems, especially their mother.
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