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An unsettled but very happy Third Culture Kid: Part 1
A TCK life This is the first of a series of three guest posts from Cecilia, charting her upbringing and nomadic adult life. She has lived in numerous
Dealing with culture shock
Coping with culture shock Culture shock can be debilitating. As I mentioned previously, culture shock tends to hit the non-working partner harder than other members of the family.
Holidays and visits ‘home’ as an expat
Trips back to your home country How often do you travel back to your home country for holidays? Can you actually call them holidays? Expats who move regularly
Help your expat child to be happy
Not all expat kids are happy Previously, we looked at how to recognise that your child is unhappy. After identifying that your child is unhappy in their new
An unhappy expat child
“I am an expat child and I don’t like it” This Google search term led a young reader to ‘Expat Child’, which was a shock, and gave rise
Where is home?
A tricky question Along with “where do you come from?” and “what do you do?”, the “where is home?” question is always a tricky one to answer when
Moving overseas: some advice
Moving internationally: some advice Several people have asked me to write a post on moving internationally. Now that things are starting to calm down after my move from
