Expat Life
THIRD CULTURE KIDS
By: Carrie Jones
In Third Culture Kids: The Experience of Growing Up Among Worlds, the authors, David C. Pollock and Ruth E. Van Reken, define Third Culture Kids (TCKs) as kids who spend a significant part of their developmental years in countries and cultures outside that of their parents’. So, if you are an expat living here in Shanghai with your child, your chil
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Relationships
Women’s Friendships in Transition: Coping When Friends Leave
Dr. Lauren Muhlheim is an American Psychologist who works at Parkway Health.
My friend Debbie, who has been in Shanghai for 2 years, has had several friends leave recently and several more have announced their upcoming departures. In reflecting on this sad state of affairs, Debbie said, “When Susan leaves, the l
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Health & Wellness
A weekend based on emotions
On the 29th and 30th of May, SIMHA had the privilege of having Dr. Ting Liu give a Workshop on Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. For those of you who are not familiar with her, she teaches in the Psychology Department at Kean University in New Jersey, is a Pennsylvania licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and an Approved Supervisor with the American Associa
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Parenting & Family Issues
Dealing with Learning Disabilities
Aimee.Meertens, 2011-04
Most children in international schools are able to cope with the standard academic curricula; however, there are always one or two in the back of the classroom that struggle to keep up. If your child is not able to succeed academically despite all their effort and hard-work, he or she could be suffering from a learning disability. Tim
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