The Culture of Disgust
How often have you thought of disgust as an issue you are likely to face in culture shock? I'll bet that even if you haven't thought of...
Third Culture Holidays
Holidays are hard for TCKs. There is never a time when everyone we love is in one place. There is never a place where all the traditions...
Autobiographical Memory in TCKS: Memory Triggers
This is the first part of a series on Autobiographical Memory in Third Culture Kids: exploring how our unique global childhood...
Being Bilingual: Practical Implications
Alright, lovely, we now know some of the advantages that being bilingual confers upon our brains. And don't worry -- there is more...
Being Bilingual : Musical Ability
Part of a series on how being multi-lingual affects our brains. Not all TCKs are multi-lingual, but a large portion of us are. We know...
Threat-Related Stress
This post is one of a series on trauma that is experienced by TCKs which falls outside of what is "expected" in terms of what kind of...
Being Bilingual: Working Memory and Executive Function
Not all TCKs are multi-lingual, but a large portion of us are. We know how this benefits us in every day life, if we use the languages we...
Vicarious Trauma
This post is one of a series on trauma that is experienced by TCKs which falls outside of what is "expected" in terms of what kind of...
The Baggage We Carry
One of the main objections I hear to the label "TCK" is, as I mentioned in a previous post, the negative connotations it carries for...
A TCK By Any Other Name, Part 2
In the last post, I shared some of the various terms used in reference to children of cross-cultural workers or globally mobile...
