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Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, Revised Edition [Paperback]

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September 16, 2009
Nearly a decade ago, Third Culture Kids: The Experience of Growing Up Among Worlds introduced the concept of and has been the authority on the experiences of TCKs-children who grow up or spend a significant part of their childhood living abroad. Early on, TCKs were identified as the rototype citizen of the future. That future is now, as more and more children are growing up among worlds, creating a culturally rich and diverse world. Rich with real-life anecdotes, Third Culture Kids, Revised Edition examines the nature of the TCK experience and its effect on maturing, developing a sense of identity and adjusting to one's passport country upon return. For many third culture kids, this book will be their first opportunity to discover that they share a common heritage with countless others around the world. This expanded edition profiles the personal challenges that TCKs experience, from feelings of rootlessness and unresolved grief to struggles with maturity and identity. Highlighting dramatic changes brought about by instant communication and new mobility patterns, the new edition shows how the TCK experience is becoming increasingly common and valuable. The authors also expand the coverage to include cross-cultural kids, children of biracial or bicultural parents, immigrants and international adoptees-all of this bringing hidden diversity to our world and challengingour old notions of identity and home.

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Growing up as a TCK has been a gift and has significantly shaped my life and work. As I interact with world leaders one day and with those living in refugee camps the next, I continually draw upon my experience of living among different cultures. I am delighted to see the lessons learned from the traditional TCK experience live on in this new edition of 'Third Culture Kids'. (Scott Gration, Maj. Gen. USAF (RET), President Obama's Special Envoy to Sudan )

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Advance praise for Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, rev. ed.:

"As an adult TCK, I have long wrestled with how I fit into this world. This book is the 'bible' for anyone who wants to understand the blessings and the curses of growing up multiculturally."
-Wm Paul Young, author of the #1 NYT bestseller The Shack

"Growing up as a TCK has been a gift and has significantly shaped my life and work. As I interact with world leaders one day and with those living in refugee camps the next, I continually draw upon my experience of living among different cultures. I am delighted to see the lessons learned from the traditional TCK experience live on in this new edition of Third Culture Kids."
-Scott Gration, Maj Gen, USAF (Ret), President Obama's Special Envoy to Sudan


Product Details

  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing; Revised Edition edition (September 16, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 9781857885255
  • ISBN-13: 978-1857885255
  • ASIN: 1857885252
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,174 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This book was a difficult and very helpful one to read. F. E. Byrne  |  11 reviewers made a similar statement
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67 of 68 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST for all who live or have lived overseas. May 31, 1999
Format:Paperback
This is an excellent book. It should be read by everyone who is living and working overseas, away from their home environment, especially those who have their children with them. Succinctly, with erudition, and with an easy-to-read style it examines and explains the problems experienced by a person who spends, or has spent, a significant part of his or her development years outside their parents' home culture. It contains much practical advice on how to deal with these problems. The term third culture was coined in the 1950s by Drs John and Ruth Useem, when they made a study of Americans who lived in India as foreign service officers, missionaries, technical aid workers, and business representatives. It was realised that there were expatriates from other countries who were undergoing similar experiences even though from different origins, styles and social stratification systems. There was a shared common lifestyle that was different from either their own or their host culture. The book is a result of much research that the authors have undertaken since that time into the effects of this third culture on the children of overseas serving ex-pats. However, the experiences so neatly described pertain not only to what they call third culture kids (TCKs) but also to adult TCKs. Furthermore, the wisdom and advice displayed in this delightfully readable book is also fully appropriate for those working and living overseas without children. It makes it clear why so many people who do a spell overseas get "bitten by the bug," and are drawn back to the place where they did their tour, often permanently. An overseas duty can be an emotionally exciting experience, but it can also be and emotionally disturbing one. This book explains why this is so, as well as explaining how the disturbances can be dealt with.
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41 of 43 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A must-read for parents and teachers living abroad! January 28, 2000
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My husband and I have been international educators since 1988 and both of our daughters were born overseas. As parents who intend to remain abroad throughout our children's educational career we have found this book to offer valuable advice as well as points to ponder. However, the authors do us a favor in not romanticizing the prospect of raising children abroad. Indeed, perhaps the most beneficial information can be found by paying heed to the potential pitfalls outlined that may impact the uninformed.

Additionally, through reading this book our professional observations gained while teaching in four countries on three different continents have been taken on greater significance. The insight the authors share regarding issues hitherto acknowledged have contributed to a better understanding of the challenges that our students face as second- and third-generation Third Culture Kids (TCKs).

I highly recommend this book for all parents and teachers living abroad as well as TCKs who are wondering if their capacities as `cultural chameleons' means that there is something wrong with them.

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44 of 50 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Could help others too September 11, 2000
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I was a Third Culture Kid and I found this book helpfull in understanding who I am 40 years later. (I found the TCK phrase awkward but could think of none better.)

I also think this would be of use to people whose childhood was similar to the TCK's. Especially children who had little stability while growing up. Divorce, parential deaths, and especially children shunted off to boarding schools.

Many boarding schools provide a fairly good life and a substitute family, but when it's over, it's over. and then who am I?

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5.0 out of 5 stars TCKs - Fascinating population
This book is invaluable for anyone who is or cares about a third culture kid (TCK):  one who has "spent a significant part of his or her developmental years outside the... Read more
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Published 26 days ago by Mary Ann Gubanc
5.0 out of 5 stars Good read for anyone who has grown up in different cultures
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Published 1 month ago by Elisabeth
4.0 out of 5 stars Kindle book
An interesting book! It gave me many aha's about my life. A subject that more and more people can relate to.
Published 2 months ago by Unni Benoni Nergaard
3.0 out of 5 stars Useful book but not well written
I bought this book as it came highly recommended and finally made it to the end... While it does contain a lot of useful information, the information could really have been... Read more
Published 2 months ago by A. Weber
5.0 out of 5 stars A book that explains how I feel!
I felt very alone until I found out there was a name for someone like me. This book is a must read for kids who have grown up in a culture and country different from their birth... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Alene R.
5.0 out of 5 stars An essential book about TCK
I was advised to read this book. I took my time before buying it. But once I started it, I couldn't help stopping to read it. I hold the book only with one hand. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Veronique MP
5.0 out of 5 stars Must Read for Parents Living Outside Own Country
We live and work in numerous places around the world and have 2 small daughters. This book is an excellent resource for the many challenges our children face.
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Third Culture Kids (TCK) remains a seminal text addressing the International expatriate experience from multiple perspectives. Read more
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third culture kids/ this is a reorder. Lend mine out and didn't get it back. We are a 3rd culture kid family. Read more
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