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Florence Chabert d’Hieres is a woman with quite a story to tell – and one she is managing to live through the support of her family while following her passion. In an exclusive interview, Florence shares some of her experiences and […]

Global diversity and all its surrounding divisions, classifications, misconceptions, struggles, ideas and linking factors have never been more complicated to define. However, Ruth Van Reken, co-founder of Families in Global Transition (FIGT) and co-author of “Third Culture Kids: Growing Up […]

  There are several ways to eat a bowl of soup. You could use chopsticks, or a spoon, or you could slurp it right out of the bowl – and often these tactics are culturally coded. For a kid growing […]

Check out this amazing trailer that in the span of a few short minutes, takes us through the stories of a few completely different TCKS (Third Culture Kids).  Of course, though their experiences differ, they share a common culture – […]

Ruth VanReken is a second generation Third Culture Adult.  Though she lives in Indiana, it was a long time before she called it home. Co-Author of Third Culture Kids: Growing up Among Worlds, and Author of Letters Never Sent, she […]

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, […]

Life unfolds before us in small bits and pieces. Our lives become more defined depending on the environment, the people, the economic status and many more variables that are around us. One area that can have a large impact on […]

In Ruth E. Van Reken and David C. Pollock’s book “Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds,” the many facets of a TCK’s personality is explored. From being highly mobile to being exposed to a multitude of different cultures, the authors […]