Third culture kid

So many people who are third culture kids/adult third culture kids have no idea that they are one. If you fall into the third culture kid…

Third-culture kids, or those whose culture is different from their parents, face unique challenges growing up and in going to college.

Karolina lives in Boston but grew up in several countries and speaks a bunch of languages. Her English is perfect but she doesn’t feel completely at home in it, or in American culture. Welcome to the world of third culture kids, a fast-growing group of people who fit in everywhere and nowhere.

The question ‘where are you from’ results in a detailed life story and biography.

When you mother is from Finland, your father from Senegal, and you live in neither, your identity becomes a matter of choice

My wife and I have recently taken the crazy step of leaving the familiar and moving to Italy with our two sons. There are many reasons why we decided to make this jump, but one of the most important to me is that I want our kids to share some of the experiences I was so fortunate to have as a “third-culture kid.”

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Third Culture Kids - Challenges and Triumphs

Originally published on Djibouti Jones You can always come home. Home might not be this house but home is always this family. Come rejoicing, come weeping, come whole, come broken, come lonely, com…