Third Culture Kid (TCK)
International Marriage Equality Part II
In the first part of this three part series I discussed the general state of marriage equality around the world. For this article I have interviewed Elsa Bourdon, an ATCK living in Australia whose passport country is France. Elsa has […]
Culture Shock: The Land of Plenty, or The Land of Grossly Too Much?
Culture shock sucks, especially because you never see it coming. There are things that you expect, like not knowing the latest music fad or who’s dating whom in Hollywood. But culture shock isn’t about petty ignorance of pop culture; it’s […]
International Marriage Equality
Marriage equality is becoming more widespread around the world. There are now eighteen countries where same sex marriage has become legalized, starting in 2001 with the ever-liberal Netherlands. Two other countries have regional freedom for same sex marriages. In […]
Expatriates and Pioneers: We aren’t so different
I remember when my family first moved overseas, I was six years old and we had been posted in Malaysia. We were posted to the small town of Miri on the Borneo Island in the Shell Oil camp. I remember […]
Pets are TCKs Too
I never realized it before, but last week when my family dog Ringgit died, I realized that she was as much of a TCK as I am. She was born in Australia and shipped to us in Malaysia. She moved […]
The Benefits of Boarding School Abroad: The Road Home
Most would agree that getting to experience life in India while having the Himalayas as your backyard sounds like something off a travelers bucket list. While that might be true, for Pico, the main character in The Road Home, this […]
The Expat Diaries Part III: Repatriation in Texas
In my last articles I talked about my mothers experience as a new expat in Malaysia and her struggles with social expectations, and her defiance for independence in Egypt. After seven years of living overseas, my mom was determined to […]
Part II: TCK SPOTLIGHT- Korean Military service experience
Click HERE to see the first part of this story Won was born in Korea, moved to Saudi Arabia, then to Dubai and from there he stayed in Indonesia for eight years. From Indonesia, he moved to the States then […]
















