Third Culture Kids

"A third culture kid is a person who has spent a significant part of his or her developmental years outside their parents’ culture. The TCK frequently builds relationships to all the cultures, while not having full ownership in any. Although elements from each culture may be assimilated into the TCK’s life experience, the sense of belonging is in relationship to others of similar background."

-Pollock & Van Reken

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If you are a Third Culture Kid (TCK) or know one, you’re on the right page! Feel free to browse Libby's latest blog posts below. They were written with your 'tribe' in mind and based on the questions you ask on the red ‘Ask Libby’ button – so if you have a question, ask away! You can also check out some great TCK resources right here. That list will be updated as Libby comes across relevant material.

A lot of Libby's trainings are geared toward TCKs. Here are some of the talks she has given on the Third Culture:

  • The Third Culture Kid. The world citizen
  • Living as a TCK in a mono-cultural world
  • Good Grief or Bad Grief? There is no such thing as no grief
  • Relationships, the key to belonging
  • Where in the world are the “who are you from” from?
  • Understanding your temperament…it’s not always a TCK issue
  • Using the media or being trapped by it
  • “Placeless” does not mean “ homeless”
  • See listing of training topics here!

Libby is also available for private or semi-private TCK training sessions. If you are interested, please contact her.

Blog Headlines

15 April 2013A Creative Third Culture!

Third Culture Kids are well-known for their creativity in literature, art, music and film (as I pointed out in a recent blog post). Whether...

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28 November 20124 Third Culture Kid Films Worth Your Time

Third Culture Kids (TCKs) are no longer a marginal culture. We’ve known this for a long time now. Once known almost as an oddity, today, TCKs are...

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15 June 2012TCK and Pregnant: Facing the Tension

When I returned to my passport culture a few years back, I was forced to face my webbed closet of pent up prejudices and questions surrounding...

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13 April 2012The Evolution of the TCK - Stage Four: The Trans-Nationalist

Let me begin by making an apology. I cannot believe it has been this long since I last posted a blog. As is the whole world, I too have been...

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28 February 2012The Evolution of the TCK - Stage Three: The Hidden Immigrant

A few weeks ago I began a short series on the behavioral evolution of the Third Culture Kid. The first of the four stages is the Cultural Sponge....

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