Raising Kids in the Foreign Service

By Leah Moorefield Evans (Editor)
Published 2015

The following chapters are many and stand alone, but also work well as a cohesive whole.

  1. Congratulations: You’re Raising a TCK! by Patricia Linderman
  2. Bombay baby: Pregnancy Abroad by Karryn Miller
  3. Right Next Door But Worlds Away: Our Adoption Story by Gretel Backman Patch
  4. Overseas Schools: A Parent’s Guide by Anne Allen Sillivan
  5. British School Overseas by Katie Jagelski
  6. French School Overseas by Rory Burnham Pickett
  7. Looking at the Boarding School Option by Rebecca Grappo
  8. Homeschooling in the Foreign Service: Doubly Unusual! by Amy Macy
  9. U.S. College Admission and the Foreign Service Teen by Francesca Huemer Kelly
  10. Comparing Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate
  11. Gifted and Talented Children in the Foreign Service by Leah Moorfield Evans
  12. The Art of Acquiring a Second Language by Jen Kirk Dinoia
  13. Living Overseas When Your Child has Special Needs by Lauren Salazar
  14. When Kids Struggle Overseas by Rebecca Grappo
  15. Raising a Child with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder by Laurie Kelleher
  16. Prepare Before You Hit the Air: Going Abroad with your Special Needs Child by Michelle Grappo
  17. Staying Safe While Living Abroad by Shelly Goode-Burgoyne
  18. Saying Cheers In three Languages: Foreign Service Kids Talk About Alcohol by Laura Tasharski
  19. Tandem Couples and Kids by Amy and Joshua Archibald
  20. The Single Parent and the Foreign Service by Tamara Shie
  21. How to Manage Parenting and Working in the Foreign Service by Marcelle Yeager
  22. Joy for a Dime and a song: A Case for a Washington, D.C., Tour with Children by Laura Merzig Fabrycky
  23. An Unacompanied Tour by Amanda Fernandez
  24. Mothering Across the Miles by Anne Aguilera
  25. Transitions with Kids by Lexy Boudreau
  26. Traveling with Kids by Ana Gabriela Turner
  27. Starting New by Miriam Engstrom
  28. The Ties that RemindL Maintaining a Connection to the Home You Left Behind by Julie Tully
  29. Tame that Clutter and Make your Move Easier! by Tara Kniew-Fraiture
  30. The Oxygen Mask – Mindfulness for Foreign Service Parents by Jodi Harris
  31. Patchwork Parenting, Quilted Kids by Laura Tasharski
  32. Resources for Parents in the Foreign Service by Nicole Schaefer-McDaniel

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