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I am not an Army B.R.A.T. – A TCK Story
Catching up with Katie Piner is always a privilege. I have known Katie for ten years, we met in Cairo, Egypt where we both went to the American school, and graduated beneath the Giza Pyramids. Katie is a Third […]
The TCK Language: Miscommunication Builds Barriers
It’s hard to contribute your perspective when sometimes your perspective can sound to others like bragging. We’ve all been there, standing with a group of people who are talking, wanting to contribute, but feeling that if we do they might […]
Apparently, Seasons Change: A Tropical TCK’s Perspective
When I remember Piasau Camp I remember vibrant Friday nights. The Boat Club was filled with all of my schoolmates running barefoot on the beach and playing cops and robbers in the playground. All of the parents sat around eating […]
Where Everybody Is: TCKs and the Twilight Zone
No matter what country I was living in while growing up, there was one television show that was constant and served as “comfort TV”: Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone and it so happens that the first episode touches on […]
How do you react as a TCK?
Lived outside your passport country growing up? You’re a Third Culture Kid (TCK), and it’s a must that you read Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, a fantastic book written by Ruth Van Reken and David Pollock. They argue that […]
How you can conquer that TCK restlessness
As an adult Third Culture Kid, I used to always think and say to others: I get restless. I get bored easily. I need things to constantly be changing around me. I always thought it was logical: I’d lived in […]
TCKs, You Have the Love Life you Want
Today, I thought I’d tell you a little about how I started creating my love life. I remember watching a movie where the main character, the girl in the movie, had what most people would consider an insignificant love life. She […]
Founder’s Blog: TCKs Rule the 2015 Oscars!
Cultural mobility was all over the 2015 Oscars, with more than 100 countries in 24 time zones watching around the globe. Cheryl Boone Issacs, President Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), known for its annual Academy Awards (Oscars), […]