Third culture kids : growing up among worlds /

Third culture kids : growing up among worlds / David C. Pollock, Ruth E. Van Reken.

"For nearly a decade, Third Culture Kids: The Experience of Growing Up Among Worlds has been the authority on the experiences of 'third culture kids'--children who grow up or spend a significant part of their childhood living abroad. Early on, TCKs were identified as the prototype �...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pollock, David C.
Other Authors: Van Reken, Ruth E., 1945-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Nicholas Brealey Pub., 2009.
Edition:Revised edition.
Subjects:
Social interaction in children > Foreign countries.
Social skills in children > Foreign countries.
Children > Travel > Foreign countries.
Children > Foreign countries > Attitudes.
Intercultural communication > Foreign countries.
Parents > Employment > Foreign countries.
Third-culture children.
Children.
Family members.
Table of Contents:
  • Where is home? : Erika's story
  • Who are "third culture kids"?
  • Who are "cross-cultural kids"?
  • Why a cross-cultural childhood matters
  • Why high mobility matters
  • Benefits and challenges
  • Personal characteristics
  • Practical skills
  • Rootlessness and restlessness
  • Relational patterns
  • Developmental issues
  • Unresolved grief
  • Building a strong foundation
  • Dealing with transition
  • Meeting educational needs
  • Enjoying the journey
  • Coming "home" : reentry
  • How sponsoring organizations can help
  • It's never too late
  • Appendices : A. Adult third culture kids survey results ; Comparing third culture kids and Kaigai/Kikoku-Shijos.

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