This is a community that we care for deeply - through the research we’ve conducted with hundreds of adult military kid respondents, and through countless conversations
we’ve heard the need for so many more resources for military families raising children abroad.
Therefore, in honor of Month of the Military Child, we’re specifically highlighting resources from our own organization as well as others in order to spread awareness of the needs and to let you know you’re not alone! 🫂
Military kids being raised outside of their passport country are TCKs. A TCK (Third Culture Kid) is an individual who spent their developmental years outside their parents' passport country due to their parent's occupation or service, including roles in the military, missionary work, foreign service, NGOs, and related fields. If this description applies to you, your child, or someone you love, we invite them (or you) into this unique community! 🥳
While the majority of the resources we are aware of are for American military families OCONUS (outside the continental U.S.), we support military families from any nationality raising their children outside their passport country. We also realize that some of these resources are for military families in general, not specifically those raising children abroad...because there are SO FEW of those! Our hope and goal is to be able to support this community by creating more resources that fit your needs!
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