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Third Culture Kids: The Experience of Growing Up Among Worlds (Second Revised Edition)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 303.32
EAN: 9781857882957
Edition: 2nd
ISBN: 1857882954
Label: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Manufacturer: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 360
Publication Date: May 25, 2001
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Studio: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
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Editorial Review:
Third Culture Kids speaks to the challenges and rewards of a multicultural childhood; the joy of discovery and heartbreaking loss, its effect on maturing and personal identity, and the difficulty in transitioning home.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Best on Topic
I think this is the best book written on the topic of third culture kids. The book is insightful and answers questions that are just under the surface for both kids and those who love them.
Rating: - A must read book for both parents and children of expatriates
This book discusses emotional and identity development of children growing up in foreign countries and re-entry issues. This is an excellent book for those who have lived abroad during the developmental years 0 - 18 and for parents. A must read!
Rating: - a must read for parents going overseas with children
This book was recommended to us and I would recommend it to anyone living outside their own culture with kids. The information is very valuable to helping children adjust and understanding how growing up outside their culture will affect them.
Rating:  - helps to clarify the missing piece...
If you have lived in a country other than the country your parent(s) are from for a significant period of time as a child and then had to move back (or to another, very different place)...this book is for you. Like many other tck's, I have always felt out of place and just thought I was different or weird. I could never understand why my parents never had the same sentiments. Now I understand that the way I feel is a normal outcome of the way of life I had as a child. This book is also a great reference ... Read More
Rating:  - Welcome to the TCK's World!
Being a child living in between a passport culture and another culture which one is daily relating to, needs not be a negative experience. There are certainly some unique issues for such cross cultural dwellers but with good preparation, communication, support systems, family functionality, the life of TCKs can be incredibly hopeful and beneficial.
Pollock and Van Reken have created a very readable and enjoyable account of the lives of a third culture kids. Clearly they have much knowledge ... Read More
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