Third Culture Kid (TCK)
VIDEO: TCK Skills – Why Empathy Trumps Sympathy
TCKs are blessed with many gifts and many challenges in the unorthadox life that sometimes spans the globe leaving friends, family and memories in its wake. In this exquisitely animated short film, produced by RSA Shorts, Dr. Brené Brown reminds […]
TCK Legacy Expert Michael Pollock: The Power of Storytelling
What’s in a story? How do you tell your own? More importantly, why do you tell it at all? When Third Culture Kid (TCK) expert and educator Michael Pollock, son of one of the originators of TCK research – David Pollock, […]
Claudia Körbler: An Adult TCK Who Found Her Passion in Helping Others
Many third-culture kids (TCKs) don’t choose the life of international travel and cultural immersion; their parents do. However, for TCK adult Claudia Körbler, curiosity prompted her into a life of travel, communication and cultural immersion — starting when she moved away […]
WATCH: The American Family that Debunks Donald Trump’s ideas about immigration Part 1
Sydney Shalz’s family is like many of today – it truly is a modern blended family made of hers, his and ours. The blonde-haired, green-eyed beauty and her family also have a cultural twist that makes Shalz and her siblings […]
VISUAL: Third Culture Kid vs. Study Abroad Student – What’s The Difference?
When it comes to the different people that travel the world, some have a bit more experience than others. Two of the most popular ways to experience traveling is by either studying abroad in a different country or by actually […]
The Hierarchy of expats: A lesson in tolerance
“These Turks in Germany, they’re not interested in getting integrated. They have their own shops and their own districts and they don’t even know German”- my German father-in-law says sometimes. I don’t want to argue with him. After a while, […]
International Student Mikeala Wilkes on Drinking Ages around the World
After a dizzying day of lectures, essays, and group projects, many college students wind down by enjoying a beverage or two at their favorite bar. However, for Mikaela Wilkes, a 19-year-old international student from Massey University in Wellington, New Zealand, […]
Military B.R.A.T Wiz Khalifa: Black, Yellow and the Colors of Life in Between
Ten is the magic number. And no, Wiz Khalifa does not have ten Lamborghinis or ten luxuriously sprawling estates. Nor does he have ten private jets to fly him from coast to coast and back ten times. However, he does […]
