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A review by ricksilva
Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds by Ruth E. van Reken, David C. Pollock
4.0
This book explores the lives and the unique perspectives and challenges of children who grow up internationally. As the parent of a TCK myself, and an international school educator, this was a great resource, especially for its ability to give names and explanations to feelings and experiences that I had been aware of but unable to categorize.
Although there are places in which the book feels like it is stating the obvious, there are also plenty of real insights, some excellent anecdotes, and a good deal of research-backed data to be found within.
This updated edition also extends its ideas to cross-cultural children of other backgrounds, such as children of immigrants and refugees, and international adoptees. It also adds some tributes to co-author David C. Pollock, who passed away in 2004.
With international travel and relocation becoming more common in the 21st Century, this is a classic resource that respects the advantages gained by kids raised across cultures, while acknowledging the difficulties that many of them face, and offering advice for parents, sponsoring organizations, and TCKs themselves.
Although there are places in which the book feels like it is stating the obvious, there are also plenty of real insights, some excellent anecdotes, and a good deal of research-backed data to be found within.
This updated edition also extends its ideas to cross-cultural children of other backgrounds, such as children of immigrants and refugees, and international adoptees. It also adds some tributes to co-author David C. Pollock, who passed away in 2004.
With international travel and relocation becoming more common in the 21st Century, this is a classic resource that respects the advantages gained by kids raised across cultures, while acknowledging the difficulties that many of them face, and offering advice for parents, sponsoring organizations, and TCKs themselves.