Our discussion this week is all about TCK friendships. This topic can be a tough one, but it's oh so important for the health and happiness of our kiddos in their life overseas. 

In this episode we break down the discussion into the Early Years, the Middle Years (aka "The Hay Day of School Age Kids"), and then on into the Tween and Teen Years. We talk about things we have done to help our kids develop friendships, our successes and failures, how our perspectives have shifted over the years, and what it looks like to be proactive in creating opportunities for our kids to find friendship.  

We don't claim to be experts on this topic, but we hope you come away with an encouraged heart, and more than anything, we hope you see that you are not alone. If your mama heart is struggling as you navigate friendships alongside your TCK's, know that you are definitely not the only one. So, grab a cuppa and settle in for some encouragement, because it's tea time somewhere! 

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 Alicia
 Denise
 Melissa

Related articles and podcasts:

Expat Motherhood- the Long View 

 5 Ways I Want My TCK to be Brave  

Fostering Relationships in a TCK's Life 

 The Fears of a New Expat Mom  

When Your TCK Doesn't Love Locals 

Noteworthy Quotes:

"With that age [the early years] there are so many things you can do right, and so little you can do wrong."  

"Your kids' lives at that age (the baby age to preschool) revolve around you.  So if you're out talking to local people, and you're out making friendships your kids are learning from that." 

"These school years, I thought would be different, but I think that's just because of my cultural perspective, and I've had to switch up my thinking there." 

"When they were little it was easy. But as they get older I realize more and more that other TCK's are the ones who share the same world view, or culture and experiences." 

"I think we have a tendency when we live overseas to think everything has to do whether we live overseas- our geography." 

"Don't let satan get into your heart and mind and think that everything that's wrong, or every struggle your kid has, has to do with the geography and the call on your life." 

"These struggles are making them who they are and we need to pray through them." 

Show credits: 

Hosted by Denise James, Alicia Boyce, and Melissa Faraday // produced and edited by Melissa Faraday // content managed by Kim Johnson.

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