TCKs who grew up in education and humanitarian families were four times more likely than Americans to experience emotional abuse. 2 in 5 reported neglect and 44% born after 1980 reported an adult with mental illness in their childhood home.
In the course of our research into Adverse Childhood Experiences among globally mobile young people, we learned a lot of difficult truths about what the children of international business families experienced. They were 5x more likely than Americans to experience emotional abuse; 1 in 2 reported neglect; and 44% of those born after 1980 reported household adult mental illness.
In the course of our research into Adverse Childhood Experiences among globally mobile young people, we learned a lot of difficult truths about what Missionary Kids experienced. According to our survey, TCKs who grew up in missionary families were four times more likely than American peers to experience emotional abuse. Our research also found that 2 out of every 5 missionary kids reported feeling neglected and 39% of missionary kids reported household adult mental illness.
