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Duvall, N
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Educational context and development.
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The Family in mission: Understanding and caring for those who serve (pp. 71-81).
Palmer Lake, CO: Mission Training International.
2004
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This chapter introduces the major studies done by MK-CART/CORE: The boarding school personnel study, the adult MK study, and the missionary family study.
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Gould, J. B.
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Always saying goodbye: Separation as experienced by MKs in boarding schools.
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The Family in mission: Understanding and caring for those who serve (pp. 155-177).
Palmer Lake, CO: Mission Training International.
2004
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This chapter is a consideration of separation and loss when MKs experience repeated long separations by going to boarding schools from the perspective of psychiatrist John Bowlby's classic work on separation and loss. It deals primarily with those who have a difficult time.
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S. L.
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The uninvited.
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Women of the Harvest,
September/October.
2003
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This is an article about being asked to leave a group (Bible study), the expected reactions and what one can do when this happens.
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Collard, D. B.
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Helping finishers bridge the gap.
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Frontline women: Negotiating crosscultural issues in ministry (pp. 177-184).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
2003
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A chapter offering an overview of the "Finishers" movement followed by some specific considerations for women who are planning to go to the mission field in their second-half of life.
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Collard, D. B.
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Dealing with loss.
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Frontline women: Negotiating crosscultural issues in ministry (pp. 75-80).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
2003
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A short, very personal, chapter about grief and loss, giving the basics of recovery from the loss.
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Lingenfelter, J. E.
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In the line of fire.
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Frontline women: Negotiating crosscultural issues in ministry (pp. 209-219).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
2003
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A chapter on women's concerns when facing danger or stress, along with things agencies and churches can do both before women go to the field and while they are serving there.
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Neigh, M.
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Bitterness: The hidden time-bomb.
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Fitted Pieces: A guide for parents educating children overseas (pp. 305-316),
St. Clair Shores, MI: SHARE Education Service.
2001
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An excellent article considering the causes, results, and solutions of bitterness, as well as including preventive measures and a discussion of the need for an adequate theology of forgiveness. Includes much very personal sharing. Same as in Interact December, 1997, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 1-7.
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Gjoen, J.
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What are the risks of a boarding school experience?
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Fitted Pieces: A guide for parents educating children overseas (pp. 626-632),
St. Clair Shores, MI: SHARE Education Service.
2001
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An article considering the impact of boarding school on several different aspects of the child's life to alert families to the potential psychological risks the MKs face. Same as in Interact May, 1998, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 2-5.
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Author: |
Neigh, M.
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New Issues facing Today's TCKs.
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Fitted Pieces: A guide for parents educating children overseas (pp. 197-210),
St. Clair Shores, MI: SHARE Education Service.
2001
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An article on issues facing adolescents as they serve with their parents, including suggestions for resolving those issues. Same as in Interact October, 1999, Vol. 8, No. 1. pp. 1-4 and February, 2000, Vol. 8, No. 3. pp. 6-10.
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Neigh, M.
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New Issues facing Today's TCKs. (Part Two)
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Interact.
February, Vol. 8, No. 3. pp. 6-10.
2000
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An article on issues facing adolescents as they serve with their parents, including suggestions for resolving those issues. Same as Blomberg & Brooks, 2001, Fitted pieces: A guide for parents educating children overseas (pp. 197-210). St. Clair Shores, MI: SHARE Education Services.
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Pauls, N.
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Preparing children for boarding school.
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Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 348-351).
Colorado Springs, CO: Association of Christian Schools International.
1998
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A chapter giving 22 practical suggestions for parents of children preparing to attend boarding school. Same is Parents Teaching overseas, May, 1995.
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Wickstrom, D. L.
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Bruising: When things go wrong.
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Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 164-176).
Colorado Springs, CO: Association of Christian Schools International.
1998
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A chapter dealing with how, why, symptoms and dealing with bruising. Emphasis is on a developmental approach. Based on a presentation given at ICMK Nairobi, 1989.
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Wright, S. D.
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Preparing children for missionary life.
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Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 85-93).
Colorado Springs, CO: Association of Christian Schools International.
1998
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A chapter to prepare children, including the areas of personal identity, transition, and expectations, along with a practical program.
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Larson, J. M.
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Transitions and the TCK.
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Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 72-84).
Colorado Springs, CO: Association of Christian Schools International.
1998
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A chapter giving an overview of the five phases of making transitions of any kind: Engagement, leaving, transition, entering, and re-engagement.
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Gjoen, J.
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What are the risks of a boarding school experience?
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Interact.
May, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 2-5.
1998
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An article considering the impact of boarding school on several different aspects of the child's life to alert families to the potential psychological risks the MKs face. Same as Blomberg & Brooks, 2001, Fitted pieces: A guide for parents educating children overseas (pp. 626-632). St. Clair Shores, MI: SHARE Education Services.
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Author: |
Priest, R.
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Ignorance is not bliss.
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Evangelical Missions Quarterly,
34, 192-195.
1998
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An article exploring the fact that often when families back home face difficulties, they do not tell the missionaries overseas, who want to know.
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Neigh, M.
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Bitterness: The hidden time bomb.
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Interact.
December, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 1-7.
1997
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An excellent article considering the causes, results, and solutions of bitterness, as well as including preventive measures and a discussion of the need for an adequate theology of forgiveness. Includes much very personal sharing. Same as Blomberg & Brooks, 2001, Fitted pieces: A guide for parents educating children overseas (pp. 305-316). St. Clair Shores, MI: SHARE Education Services.
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Gordon, A. D.
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Don't pig out on junk food: The MK's guide to survival in the U. S.
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Wheaton, IL: Evangelical Missions Information Service.
1993
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a book written for children, teenagers, and parents about cross-cultural entry for furloughs or for longer periods. It is simply written, practical, and has quotes from an informal survey of about 100 Brazilian MKs. Each of the six chapters ends with "Questions for reflection" and "Work Sheets" for application to one's life. The book ends with eight appendices and a list of various kinds of resources.
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Author: |
Smith, A.
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Abram, the first missionary.
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Understanding and nurturing the missionary family: Compendium of the international Conference on Missionary Kids, Quito, Ecuador, January 4-8, 1987, Volume I (pp. 20-24).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1989
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A chapter showing how Abram can be seen as living the life of the first missionary, and Lot was the first MK to go bad.
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Author: |
Echerd, P.
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Understanding and nurturing the missionary family. Compendium of the International Conference on Missionary Kids, Quito, Ecuador, January 4-8, 1987, Volume I.
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Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1989
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Compendium of the International Conference on Missionary Kids, Quito, Ecuador, January 4-8, 1987, Volume I. Contains 42 chapters grouped into seven categories.
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Author: |
Van Reken, R.
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MK: A person in process.
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Understanding and nurturing the missionary family: Compendium of the international Conference on Missionary Kids, Quito, Ecuador, January 4-8, 1987, Volume I (pp. 25-34).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1989
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An autobiographical chapter about how being an MK lasts into adulthood, with illustrations from other people's lives as well
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White, F.
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MK identity crisis: Fact or fiction.
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Understanding and nurturing the missionary family: Compendium of the international Conference on Missionary Kids, Quito, Ecuador, January 4-8, 1987, Volume I (pp. 253-269).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1989
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A chapter on identity in MKs emphasizing the first three years of life, the family, and developmental issues.
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Schubert, E.
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Depression and suicide.
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Understanding and nurturing the missionary family: Compendium of the international Conference on Missionary Kids, Quito, Ecuador, January 4-8, 1987, Volume I (pp. 127-148).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1989
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A chapter about depression and suicide in adults, adolescents and children. Since it was written in the 1980s, it is somewhat dated.
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Foyle, M.
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Overcoming missionary stress.
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Wheaton, IL: Evangelical Missions Information Service.
1987
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An excellent source of information about missionary stress. In consists of ten chapters covering stress and singleness, marriage, children, adolescents, selection, culture, relationships, and reentry. Major portions of many chapters are also available in articles by Foyle in the Evangelical Missions Quarterly (1985) 21, 32-40; 21, 134-142; 21, 240-245; 21, 342-349 (1986) 22, 14-20; 22, 196-204; 22, 262-270 (1987) 23, 20-28; 23, 144-150. Some of these are also available in O'Donnell & O'Donnell (1988) Helping missionaries grow (pp. 413-420, pp. 399-406, pp. 26-34, and pp. 194-202) , Pasadena, CA: William Carey Press.
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Fritz, J.
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Homesick--My Own Story.
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New York: Yearling Press.
1982
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This book is the story of the author's life growing up in a tumultuous China when foreigners were becoming more and more unpopular. Written for children 8-12 years of age, the book is a Newberry Honor Book and winner of the American Book Award for Children's Fiction.
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