Who we are and what we do
Ron & Bonnie Koteskey
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We taught for 35 years in Christian colleges as well as in public and Christian elementary schools. Bonnie taught elementary school as well as teacher education at the college level, and Ron taught psychology at the undergraduate level in university. Our three children are all married and have families of their own.
Our website, www.crossculturalworkers.com contains 45 “brochures” on topics relevant to cross-cultural workers and six e-books. Cross-cultural workers anywhere in the world can visit this website to read, download, print, copy and distribute the information free of charge to anyone who can use it.
Books
Ten E-books are available on the website and may be downloaded free of charge by anyone, anywhere, anytime. These books include:
- What Cross-Cultural Workers Ought to Know… is a 230-page book about living in other cultures. This book has 36 chapters in seven sections: Basics, challenges, problems, sexuality, relationships, care, and ending well.
- Coming “Home”: The Reentry Transition is a short 50-page book with six chapters related to the challenge of returning to one’s passport culture after living in another culture.
- Third Culture Kids and Adolescence: Cultural Creations is a 150-page book written for adolescent TCKs. The book has 17 chapters in five sections: Before adolescence, adolescence invented, identity lost, sex forbidden, and work forbidden/school required.
- Understanding Adolescence is a 175-page book written for parents of adolescents. Its 13 chapters parallel to the Third Culture Kids and Adolescence: Cultural Creations book.
- We’re Going Home: Reentry for Elementary Children is a 100-page book written for children 6-12 years of age. The story and activities appeal to children reentering their passport country.
- I Don’t Want to Go Home: Parent’s Guide for Reentry for Elementary Children is a 65-page companion book written specifically for parents to help them assist in their children’s reentry.
Articles
The chapters of What Cross-Cultural Workers Ought to Know… are also available as individual articles. Each chapter stands alone and a worker may be interested in reading only about a few topics and not want the whole book. We give permission on each article for it to be copied and distributed as long as it is given to others free of charge.