“Where do you come from?”
For others this question is easy to answer but for Third Culture Kids, this is the main question that leaves them grappling for answers. Where to start? Where was I born? Where did I grow up? Where am I living now?
Global nomads, cultural chameleons, living in between worlds, these are some of the names that Third Culture Kids (TCK) are tagged with. Ted Ward, a sociologist, even named them the prototype citizens of the future. With migration being a global phenomena and creating a borderless world, for TCKs and their families, where one was conceived, grew up or currently living become just a list of places stamped on their passports.
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For others this question is easy to answer but for Third Culture Kids, this is the main question that leaves them grappling for answers. Where to start? Where was I born? Where did I grow up? Where am I living now?
Global nomads, cultural chameleons, living in between worlds, these are some of the names that Third Culture Kids (TCK) are tagged with. Ted Ward, a sociologist, even named them the prototype citizens of the future. With migration being a global phenomena and creating a borderless world, for TCKs and their families, where one was conceived, grew up or currently living become just a list of places stamped on their passports.
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