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Third Culture Kids: The Experience of Growing Up Among Worlds (Paperback)

by David C. Pollock (Author), Ruth E. Van Reken (Author)
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  • Paperback: 360 pages
  • Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing; 2nd Revised edition edition (22 Mar 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1857882954
  • ISBN-13: 978-1857882957
  • Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 143,776 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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David L. Wickstrom, Psychologist and adult TCK

A gold mine of information. The insights are sound and research-based; the advice is practical and has far-reaching potential; and the personal stories by scores of people who grew up in a culture "not their own" offer a richness of understanding regarding the internal world and extensive experience of third culture kids. This book is a must read!


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In this publication, the authors explore the experiences of those who have become known as "third culture kids" (TCKs) - children who grow up or spend a significant part of their childhood living abroad. The book is rich with real-life anecdotes and examines the nature of the TCK kid experience and its effects on maturing, developing a sense of identity, and adjusting to one's "passport country" upon return. The authors give readers an understanding of the challenges and benefits of the TCK life and provide practical suggestions and advice on maximizing those benefits.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic for parents and a 'must read' for every TCK ., 23 Jan 2001
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This review is from: The Third Culture Kid Experience: Growing Up Among Worlds (Paperback)
This book is essential reading for all parents bringing up children in a culture other than their own.It has excellent practical guidelines on how to prepare children for a cross culture experience and perhaps even more important for returning to their 'home culture' (parent's home culture). With every move there is 'a grief' as we say goodbye to family, friends, pets, places and personal belongings. This book has some very helpful suggestions to make the moving process as painless as possibe. This book should be available in every airport, international schools, foreign service families, armed forces and missionary societies. Having read this book I quickly recommended it to our local International School and I am looking forward to hosting a seminar with David Pollock...
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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars This is a brilliant book!, 27 May 2001
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Having read a borrowed copy, I couldn't resist buying one for myself. This is an excellent book for anyone having had to deal with growing up in more than one cultural setting. If you've ever wondered why possessions become so important, why it's harder being 'back home' than it was living abroad, where this constant drive for pastures new comes from or why people seem to think you're stuck-up, then this book is for you! Similarly, if you've had more addresses than you have birthdays or changed schools more often than you care to remember, buying this book could prove to be the best money you ever spent.

I whole-heartedly recommend this book to any parent considering moving abroad, anyone having been shifted from one place to another and anyone dealing with people who have (partners, grand-parents, youth group leaders, teachers,...). Every school, church, mission base and embassy library should have a copy.

An Lannoo

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars a life changing book for the "third culture kids", 13 Nov 2006
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This book is absolutely amazing to read for any TCK, or a person "who has spent a significant part of his or her developmental years outside the parents' culture" ("The TCK profile" seminar material, Interaction, Inc, 1981, 1). At first reading the book had been very difficult simply because I was crying so much reading it that I could not even see the letters anymore. This is because that book puts into words what many TCK knew unconsciously but never put words on it, like the feeling of being different and awkward in one own culture, not having a sense of where home is, etc...

The book has a very positive approach to the analysis of TCKs, and will refer to these issues as challenges rather than problems, and gives keys to transform these challenges into useful tools for everyday life. It also outline well the advantages one gains from such an experience, and it will probably help people maximise the use of these particular skills in their life.

It also gives advice about moving abroad by explaining the different emotional steps a person goes through when moving to a new country, and how to deal with relationship issues related to the TCK way of life and many other useful advices.

In addition, it has a great section on what relatives and friends can do to help the TCK with eventual problems that may arise from that particular experience.

I really recommend this book particularly for adult TCKs as it will help them put in words what has been in their heart all along.
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