Comments on: On Being a Third Culture Kid

By: MaryAnne

MaryAnne — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 01:44:18 +0000

In reply to Courtney L. Sounds like a wonderful family! I love the way traditions draw families together and help create unity.

By: Courtney L

Courtney L — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 20:16:27 +0000

Thanks for this post. I am an American married to a Norwegian who is adopting a South African daughter and planning to eventually move to Spain…so it is helpful to hear about your life! I LOVE traditions and it was good to hear about that being really meaningful to you. I will certainly make a point of finding traditions that we can continue no matter where we live.

By: Ute

Ute — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:04:11 +0000

Mary Anne, you mentioned very important points about this topic. Carole from expatchild.com did publish an article about expat-stresses that experience also TCK’s (and ATCK’s). Thanks for posting this. About the traditions, I think we do much more than my parents did when I grew up abroad. Today, parents (or ATCK’s?) are more sensitive about giving their children some roots or a sense of belonging. But what would be important for a FCK (First Culture Kid) is not (always) important for the TCK, so it’s really a challenge to find the things the whole family agrees with. I wrote a post about this (http://expatsincebirth.com/2013/01/14/what-kind-of-memories-will-our-tcks-share-with-us/).

By: Jen

Jen — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 06:18:43 +0000

I lived in the same town from the time I was 5 until I moved out. My kids are living such a different life!

By: MaryAnne

MaryAnne — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 20:24:44 +0000

In reply to Tara. Thank you, Tara! I'm very glad we are still in touch!