TCK in The Netherlands Interview date – April 2013 What is your name? Ute Limacher-Riebold Where are you originally from? I’m German, but I was born in Switzerland
- Home
- |
- Tag: tck
TCK – a cultural identity crisis?
Third Culture Kids, ‘home’ and identity I can be brown, I can be blue, and now I’m a TCK, too! I have been reading about TCK’s, Third Culture
Taking field trips with special needs children
Fieldtrips are a part of school life Most schools have them, and international schools are no exception. I just went with my nonverbal special needs child on two.
Homesickness when there’s no ‘home’
Homesickness quotes When I posted a short piece about the word hiraeth, I included a list of quotes about homesickness. A sharp-eyed reader, Marilyn Gardner, pointed out that
Keeping track of third culture kids: part 2
While her brothers ‘just’ went AWOL and were soon found again, third culture kid Clara had more dramatic incidents to worry her family about! Emergency overseas Anyway, the
Keeping track of third culture kids: part 1
Wandering nomads It’s never easy letting go of your children, whatever their age and wherever you live. But when they are still teenagers or young adults and you
An unsettled but very happy Third Culture Kid: Part 3
TCK life – part 3 Cecilia continues her TCK story. On the road again Cecilia in Chennai. “This was taken on my old school campus. It was really
An unsettled but very happy Third Culture Kid: Part 2
A TCK life – part 2 After her nomadic upbringing described in the previous post, it’s time for Cecilia to move back to her ‘home’ country. Repatriation Cecilia
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
An expat child, grown up
An ex-expat child As you pack your child’s suitcase for yet another overseas posting, start looking for a second, third or even fourth school for them and lay