Overview for Families
Welcome to Equip for Families, AIM International’s preparation and training for families. It is our prayer that the book, other readings and audio clips as well as discussions both within your family and with your mentor will all be tools to help prepare your family for what lies ahead.
—Serving Together, The AIM TCK Team
PREPARING YOUR FAMILY
Moving cross culturally with children adds another dimension to an already challenging adjustment. AIM International’s goal is that all our families flourish as you serve with us. To this end we want to encourage families to plan and prepare for family life overseas, and to start education planning for your children.
EXPECTATIONS FOR PARENTS BEFORE DEPARTURE
Required Reading
Read Raising Up a Generation of Healthy Third Culture Kids by Lauren Wells. This is an excellent book on the implications of parenting in another culture and is full of practical suggestions. Follow the Companion Guide for chapter-by-chapter engagement questions.
Raising Up a Generation of Healthy Third Culture Kids
AIM’s Companion Guide for Raising Up a Generation of Healthy Third Culture Kids
Talk with your Mobilising Office
Contact your Mobilising Office Educational Consultant to discuss education options and education planning for your children as early in the Equip process as possible. Talk these issues through with your children, especially older ones. Even young children need to be reassured that you are making plans for them and be able to have some input into those plans. (NB You can also contact the AIM International TCK Consultant).
For children 3-8 Years Old
With children approximately three to eight years old, do the activities in Off We Go, an activity guide which helps children (and their parents) address issues of leaving their passport country for the first time. Involve the whole family in this process as much as possible (some activities could be modified for older children).
TEENAGERS
● Click here for a number of helpful articles related to teens moving to another culture.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
● Free download of Raising Resilient MKs & Other Books
● Website for Parents of Missionaries
● Books to use with kids
● Recommended Article – Language Development for MKs
Recursos em Português
Estamos de mudança
Criando filhos entre culturas