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Interaction International Today's Voice For Third Culture Kids and Internationally Mobile Families www.interactionintl.org

💡 Tip  #2 out of 8—pulled from Wayfinder: Home Assignment's theme on "Emotions in Transition!" Stick around because our ...
10/19/2026

💡 Tip #2 out of 8—pulled from Wayfinder: Home Assignment's theme on "Emotions in Transition!"

Stick around because our next tip centers on theme 3: Safety, Boundaries, and Attachment!

đź”— Learn more / register for our Wayfinder: Home Assignments parenting resource at https://interactionintl.org/programs/wayfinder/

Let’s keep the conversation going about what TCK-informed care looks like. Check out this great series by Michele Phoeni...
10/16/2026

Let’s keep the conversation going about what TCK-informed care looks like. Check out this great series by Michele Phoenix on Neurodiversity in the TCK space; link in the comments.

How are you crafting TCK-informed care in your spaces?

TCK-informed counselors/practitioners, please give 10 minutes of your time to fill out this survey of a friend of ours.
10/16/2026

TCK-informed counselors/practitioners, please give 10 minutes of your time to fill out this survey of a friend of ours.

Meet our MK Synergy 2027 Plenary Speaker!We're excited to welcome James Covey, PhD, LPC-S, as our plenary speaker for MK...
10/15/2026

Meet our MK Synergy 2027 Plenary Speaker!

We're excited to welcome James Covey, PhD, LPC-S, as our plenary speaker for MK Synergy 2027 in Orlando, Florida!

James will be helping us tackle some of the BIG issues facing TCKs today: Trauma, Attachment, and Addictions.

With years of experience as both a counselor and cross-cultural worker, James brings a unique combination of clinical expertise and firsthand understanding of globally mobile families. We look forward to the insights and practical wisdom he'll bring to our conversations!

MK Synergy 2027: Orlando, Florida
April 7–10, 2027

Registration Open: https://mkcaregivers.org/mk-synergy/

Most of us have heard about ACEs, the adverse childhood experiences that can follow kids into adulthood. Fewer people kn...
10/13/2026

Most of us have heard about ACEs, the adverse childhood experiences that can follow kids into adulthood. Fewer people know about the flip side: Positive Childhood Experiences, or PCEs.

In a 2019 Johns Hopkins study, adults who had 6 or 7 of these seven experiences growing up had 72% lower odds of depression or poor mental health than adults who had 0 to 2. That held true even for people who'd also been through hard things.

Here's the TCK catch. Some PCEs live mostly at home: talking about feelings with family, knowing your family stands by you, feeling safe. The other four depend on a community, and community is exactly what a mobile childhood keeps interrupting:

📍 Feeling you belong during the high school years
📍 Feeling supported by friends
📍 Having adults besides your parents who take a genuine interest in you
📍 Enjoying community traditions

TCK Connect is built to offer all four. It's a Zoom hangout for TCKs ages 12–18: an icebreaker, a game, then small groups with peers who've packed up a life too, led by adults who know TCK life from the inside.

And it has traditions kids can count on, wherever they're living that year: the talent show, the virtual Christmas Gift Exchange, the Paper Plate Awards, and Chai Chats.

Enrollment is open anytime. Parents, you can register your kid by following the link in the first comment.

Know a family who'd want this? Tag them or share. đź’™

That's us in the photo: the people behind Transit Lounge, TCK Connect, Wayfinder, TCK Wellness, and STAGE. We work remot...
10/10/2026

That's us in the photo: the people behind Transit Lounge, TCK Connect, Wayfinder, TCK Wellness, and STAGE. We work remotely, and we'd like to add a few more faces to this picture.

Here's the unusual part: we're not posting a list of job descriptions. Apart from TCK Specialist, our roles get shaped around two things: what the work needs and what you bring. Maybe you're a counselor, a writer, a spreadsheet wizard, a former dorm parent, or someone who can run a Zoom room full of 14-year-olds on four continents. Tell us what you're good at, and we'll figure out together where it fits.

This fall, Interaction International turns 50 under this name. That's half a century of walking alongside TCKs and their parents through moves, re-entry, and every goodbye in between. We want the next season to be steadier and reach farther, and that takes people.

If you understand the in-between from the inside and want to put what you know to work, we'd love to talk. There's a link in the first comment that will take you to our open positions page where you will find an interest form. Let's get this ball rolling!

Know someone who'd fit? Tag them below or send this their way.

10/07/2026

STAGE (Student Teaching And Global Experience) recently held a weekend-long training for the student teachers who will head to international schools in the spring. Click on the video to see our teachers and hear all the places they're going. A few of them still need placements at international schools. If you know of a school that might accomodate their need, send us a DM.

We’d love your feedback. If you or your child or a TCK from your organization attended Interaction’s Transition Seminar,...
10/06/2026

We’d love your feedback. If you or your child or a TCK from your organization attended Interaction’s Transition Seminar, Transit Lounge, or TCK Connect, please take a few minutes to complete a short survey about your experience (link in the first comment). Your responses help us improve future programs and let future particpants know what to expect—thank you for your time.

Check out the first of 8 small but impactful practical parenting tips for home assignments—each pulled from Wayfinder: H...
10/05/2026

Check out the first of 8 small but impactful practical parenting tips for home assignments—each pulled from Wayfinder: Home Assignment's themes! Follow along for more tips coming every other week.

Learn more / register for our Wayfinder: Home Assignments parenting resource at https://interactionintl.org/programs/wayfinder/

Heading to the PTM Conference next week? Come find Bret Taylor, Interaction’s president—he’s leading two workshops: “Ret...
10/03/2026

Heading to the PTM Conference next week? Come find Bret Taylor, Interaction’s president—he’s leading two workshops: “Rethinking How Organizations Care for TCKs” and "The Adaptable TCK Model - Why TCKs Don't Fit in a Box." Tell him you'd like a free TCK sticker!!!

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Mineral Springs, NC
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