Growing up as a TCK has been a gift and has significantly shaped my life and work. Highlighting dramatic changes brought about by instant communication and ever-evolving mobility patterns, Third Culture Kids reveals the hidden diversity in our world and challenges traditional notions of identity and home-and shows us how the TCK experience is becoming increasingly common and valuable. Through interviews and personal writings, this second edition explores the challenges and benefits that TCKs encounter, and also widens the net to discuss the experiences of CCKs, cross-cultural kids, who are immigrants, international adoptees or the children of biracial or bicultural parents. Authors Pollock and Van Reken pioneered the TCK profile, which brought to light the emotional and psychologoical realities that come with the TCK journey, often resulting in feelings of rootlessness and grief but also an increased confidence and ability to interact with many cultures. With a significant part of their developmental years spent outside of their passport country, TCKs create their own, unique third cultures. William Paul Young, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Shack For more than a decade, this second edition of Third Culture Kids has been the authority on TCKs-children of expatriates, missionaries, military personnel and others who live and work abroad. New 3rd Edition now available! This book is the 'bible' for anyone who wants to understand the blessings and curses of growing up multiculturally.
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