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TCK -- Third Culture Kid

TCK -- Third Culture Kid.

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TCK -- Third Culture Kid

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  1. TCK -- Third Culture Kid An individual who, having spent a significant part of the developmental years in a culture other than the parents’ culture, develops a sense of relationship to all of the cultures, while not having full ownership in any. Elements from each culture are incorporated into the life experience, but the sense of belonging is in relationship to others of similar experience.

  2. Mobility BENEFITS CHALLENGES Restlessness/Rootless Migratory Instinct Impact: Academics Career Family Marriage Difficulty in Planning Relationship Management Adaptable/Flexible Confidence in Change Sharpened Perspective Rich Memory Bank Recognition of the Importance of NOW Extensive Relationship Bank

  3. Relationships BENEFITS CHALLENGES Value Relationships Too many Relationships Guardedness…Limits Distrust of Power/Adults Quick Release Response Grieving Childhood Isolation/Alienation Self-protective Lonely Enter Relationships at a Deeper Level - Practice - Content • - Urgency • Sense of Realism Mature compared to peers Communication Skills Independence

  4. Inter-Cultural Skills • Adaptable/Flexible • Gifted Observer • Compliant • Culturally Tolerant • Mentors for Others • Culturally Adventurous • Respecters of Humankind • Linguistically Adept

  5. Transcultural Experience BENEFITS CHALLENGES • “Hidden Immigrant” • Uncertain in “Own” Culture • Unknowns: History, People, Rules, Humor, Values • Perceived as Less Patriotic • Arrogance--Real/Perceived • Selectively Prejudice • Pain of Reality • Value Dissonance • Cultural Identity Global Cultural Collection Customs,Food,Art,Music,Language Inter-Cultural Skills 3-Dimensional Worldview Knowledge Understanding Empathy Less Prejudicial Security High Motivation

  6. TCK RESPONSE + LOOK - Look like the culture Think like culture (MIRROR) Look different from culture Think like culture (ADOPTED) + THINK - Look like culture Think different from culture (HIDDEN IMMIGRANT) Look different culture Think different from culture (FOREIGNER)

  7. Evolution of the TCK • Cultural Sponge • Cultural Chameleon • Hidden Immigrant • Cross-Culturalist/Transnationalist

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