Third Culture Kids

I've always been a community type person and like to do work and activities that involve the community because it makes it more meaningful.

For the past year, I've been hosting TCK meetups through the New York City Third Culture Kids Meetup group. I think its important for TCKs to meet other TCKs and make new friends especially those that understand your polyglot multicultural nomadic backgrounds. There's a mutual understanding among TCKs that we understand what the others are going through. But most importantly, especially when you're feeling lost in a new surrounding, having other TCKs that have been there longer can help you navigate and tell you the best eateries, shopping, ethnic markets, transportation, rules, and most importantly guide you through the transition phase of settling into a normal routine in your new surrounding.

Have you met other TCKs in your community? If so, I'd love to hear your experiences.

For those in New York City, check out http://www.meetup.com/nycthirdculturekids/

 hey TCKs~
i just made a new community, "tck_forlife".
and upon searching realized this was a community as well!

Hey all!
I was born in Calgary, Canada, and when i was 3 my family moved to Australia. we lived there untill i was 12 and then we moved to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. they only have school there up to 9th grade, and they pay for us to go to boarding school after that. so off i went back to Canada (I have familly there and i wanted to get to know them better... besides that there really werent any boarding schools in Australia) to a School called Brentwood College School. I graduated from there, went back to Saudi for six months and then i decided to move back 'home' to Australia. i have lived here for a year and a half now... my sister is in Canada and the rest of my family is still in Saudi. 
anywhoo... just wated to introduce myself!
 

Hi,

I'm working on a research paper on plural nationalities for my Sociology class (Polish-Canadian myself), and I was hoping some of you might be willing to complete a survey to help me out.

The survey is meant for people who identify strongly with more than one nationality (such as immigrants, Third Culture Kids or Cross Cultural Kids).

It will take approximately 15 minutes to complete the questionnaire, and I would be very grateful if you could go have a look at it.

Click Here to take the survey

i didn't know if people were aware of this site or not, and i wanted to share it: www.tckid.com i've found it to be a very nice community.

hello all!

i got directed over here and man, it's good to be around those with similar experiences!

i'm a u.s. citizen but haven't lived there until recently.

born in stavanger, norway and moved to dhahran, saudi arabia when i was 5. went to an american school here until i was 18 and suddenly had to adapt to the states. i've been there for 2 1/2 years now and i know it will never be "home". hard part is, saudi is so strict about letting people in....once i leave i'll never be able to come back. unless something changes in my lifetime (crossing my fingers!). but yeah just wanted to introduce myself!

Hi. My name is Laura, and I am currently 19 years old and in university in America. I was born in Finland, moved to Germany when I was 1 year old, lived there until I was 2 years old, when I moved to the states, and I've been here ever since. I'm currently Bi-lingual (Finnish and English) and I'm almost trilingual (with German added to the mix, I've been studying it since high school). I've always felt out of place in the States, and mostly in Finland. Which hurt a lot when I was a "foreign exchange student" there, though I lived with family (whom I visit once a year, if I can).

I only recently found out about TCK's, and it makes me feel not so alone, you know? And it very much explained the "reverse culture shock" I experienced when I lived in Finland for a year, which has since puzzled me.

I am SO happy that I am not alone in this. :)

Hi Everyone, I'm a TCK from Canada (obviously!) you may have noticed the flag.. hehe. I've just written something about my thoughts of "where home is". The idea of home is very interesting and differs from everyone. I made a post on TCK community blog at http://tckid.com and I was hoping you could read my post, and let me know what you think. They're hosting a TCk writing contest, so if you find it interesting, please do vote. Here's my entry http://www.tckid.com/group/home-is-not-where-the-heart-is/ Let me know what you think?