Tag Archives: Third Culture Kid

Race, from a TCK Perspective

You would look at me funny if I told you I’ve experienced racism. I’m pale, blue-eyed, and as a kid I was platinum blonde. I grew up privileged, travelling the world on a frickin’ yacht, so what could I possibly mean when I say, ‘I’ve experienced racism.’ Hmmmmm? Well, by most definitions, I haven’t. IContinue reading “Race, from a TCK Perspective”

Boat Kids and TCKs

Peru had been my life for a month, and I’d only been in the UK for two weeks at this point. I’d always labelled myself as a confident, funny, and charismatic person. But now I had no experiences relatable enough to be funny or charismatic. To these girls, the story of the time I nearly drowned in shark-infested Pacific waters was a harrowing and flashy tale; to me, it was a funny story.

Lets Talk About Passport Family

As Third Culture Kids, we often talk about how out-of-place we feel within our passport country- the place we were born, but didn’t spend much developmental time. Maybe it’s time to talk about something new: the idea of the Passport Family that you are born into, which also might have you feeling out of place.

5 Songs TCKs Relate To

I’ve been listening to a lot of music from my teens (don’t ask why, I wish I knew) and realising a lot of it had a different meaning to me as a Third Culture Kid than it did to other listeners. In the process of clearing out my MP3 Player (I know, I’m old, IContinue reading “5 Songs TCKs Relate To”

Freddie Mercury and Choosing Your Culture

Everything about the man screams ‘Rock Star’- his outrageous outfits, his incredible talent, and his well-documented sexual exploits. Everyone seems to focus on these parts of him, but there’s another thing not many people talk about- the fact that he choose his culture, and it wasn’t what he was born into.

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