Third Culture Kids 3rd Edition: Growing up among worlds - Softcover

Van Reken, Ruth E.; Pollock, Michael V.; Pollock, David C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1473657660 ISBN 13: 9781473657663

Publisher: Nicholas Brealey, 2017

Synopsis

In this 3rd edition of the ground-breaking, global classic, Ruth E. Van Reken and Michael V. Pollock, son of the late original co-author, David C. Pollock have significantly updated what is widely recognized as The TCK Bible. Emphasis is on the modern TCK and addressing the impact of technology, cultural complexity, diversity & inclusion and transitions. Includes new advice for parents and others for how to support TCKs as they navigate work, relationships, social settings and their own personal development. Specific updates:

A second PolVan Cultural Identity diagram to support understanding of cultural identity

New models for identity formation

Updated explanation of unresolved grief

New material on 'highly mobile communities' addressing the needs of people who stay put while a community around them moves rapidly

Revamped Section III so readers can more easily find what is relevant to them as Adult TCKs, parents, counselors, employers, spouses, administrators, etc.

New "stages and needs" tool that will help families and organizations identify and meet needs

Greater emphasis on tools for educators as they grapple with demographic shifts in the classroom

About this title

From the Publisher

Advance praise for Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, rev. ed.:

"As an adult TCK, I have long wrestled with how I fit into this world. This book is the 'bible' for anyone who wants to understand the blessings and the curses of growing up multiculturally."
-Wm Paul Young, author of the #1 NYT bestseller The Shack

"Growing up as a TCK has been a gift and has significantly shaped my life and work. As I interact with world leaders one day and with those living in refugee camps the next, I continually draw upon my experience of living among different cultures. I am delighted to see the lessons learned from the traditional TCK experience live on in this new edition of Third Culture Kids."
-Scott Gration, Maj Gen, USAF (Ret), President Obama's Special Envoy to Sudan

From the Back Cover

"Growing up as a TCK has been a gift and has significantly shaped my life and work. As I interact with world leaders one day and with this living in refugee camps the next, I continually draw upon my experience of living among different cultures. I am delighted to see the lessons learned from the traditional TCK experience live on in this new edition of Third Culture Kids." - Scott Gration, Maj General, USAF (Ret), President Obama's Special Envoy to Sudan.
For more than a decade, Third Culture Kids has been the authority on "TCKs" - for children of expatriates, missionaries, military personnel and others who live and work abroad. With significant part of their development years spent outside of their passport country, TCKs create their own unique "third" cultures. Authors Pollock and Van Reken pioneered the TCK profile, which brough to light the emotional and psychological realities that come with the TCK journey, often resulting in feelings of rootlessness and grief but also in increased confidence and ability to interact with many cultures.
Through interviews and personal writings, this new, expanded edition explores the challenges and benefits that TCKs encounter, and also widens the net to discuss the experiences of CCKs, cross-cultural kids, who are immigrants, international adoptees or the children of biracial or bicultural parents. highlighting dramatic changes brought about by instant communication and ever-evolving mobility pattern, Third Culture Kids reveals the hidden diversity in our world and challenges our traditional notions of identity and "home" - and shows us how the TCK experience is becoming increasingly common and valuable.            

About this edition

• Publisher: Nicholas Brealey
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1473657660
• ISBN 13: 9781473657663
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 480