I just bobbed around in the ocean for a bit; Traditional TCKs were living lives surrounded by interesting people, going to international schools, learning about the world with their eyes wide open.
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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.
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”
Parenting a Third Culture Kid
Travelling between cultures we have no ‘birthright’ to participate in isn’t without challenges. Often the people we need help from most- our parents- are woefully unaware of how hard it can be to be a TCK.
Depression in Third Culture Kids
You become a performer, watching the people around you, mimicking their words and actions so you’ll be accepted. It’s what you know. As a result, you lose your identity.
