ACEs affect children in the form of mental & physical health issues as adults. Expat Children (TCKs) experience ACEs too with long-term repercussions. But there are a number of things parents and other caretakers can do to mitigate the adverse effects.
What's it about? Every May for the last few years there has been a challenge on Instagram. #MayontheMove challenges those of us in the expat space to reflect and share our experiences. I found this year's prompts incredibly interesting and took the time to go all in with my posts. I thought it would be worth sharing my reflections with you, too. Roots We start with the #Backstory. Stories…
Much has been written about repatriation, how difficult it can be and what we can do to ease the transition "back home". But most research and anecdotes is on adults. After watching our children struggle, adjust, settle a bit and struggle again I dug deeper into children's experiences of returning to their passport country. I wrote up the initial results, including suggestions for parents, in a guest blog for…