Welcome to the Cross Cultural Kids group: The community of Third Culture Kids (TCKs) and Cross Cultural Kids (CCKs).
This community is about you. Spread the word to support TCKs and stay informed.
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The Third Culture Kid (TCK) definition is evolving.
What's a Cross Cultural Kid?
TCKs (Third Culture Kids), Bi/multi-cultural/racial children, children of immigrants, "Domestic TCKs", international adoptees, and children of minorities.
Now is it becoming apparent that much of our understanding of TCKs can be used to describe a much broader group of kids - namely the hidden diversity of what Ruth van Reken and Paulette Bethel have recently termed cross-cultural kids (CCKs).
According to Ruth van Reken and Bethel, Cross-Cultural kids are those "who have lived for a significant period of time in two or more cultural environments before adulthood". These include:
- CCK definition and subgroups by Ruth E. Van Reken, co-author Third Culture Kids: The Experience of Growing Up Among Worlds
A Cross-Cultural Kid ( CCK) is a person who has lived in—or meaningfully interacted with—two or more cultural environments for a significant period of time during developmental years.”
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Traditional TCKs --Children who move into another culture with parents due to a parent’s career choice
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Bi/multi-cultural/ and/or bi/multi-racial children —Children born to parents from at least two cultures or races
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Children of immigrants —Children whose parents have made a permanent move to a new country where they were not originally citizens
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Children of refugees —Children whose parents are living outside their original country or place due to unchosen circumstances such as war, violence, famine, other natural disasters
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Children of minorities —Children whose parents are from a racial or ethnic group which is not part of the majority race or ethnicity of the country in which they live.
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International adoptees —Children adopted by parents from another country other than the one of that child’s birth
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“Domestic” TCKs —Children whose parents have moved in or among various subcultures within that child’s home country.
* Special note: Children are often in more than one of these circles at the same time. (e.g. A traditional TCK who is also from a minority group; a child of immigrants whose parents are from two different cultures, etc.) This helps us understand the growing complexity of the issues we face in our changing world .
(read less)Welcome to the Cross Cultural Kids group: The community of Third Culture Kids (TCKs) and Cross Cultural Kids (CCKs).
This community is about you. Spread the word to support TCKs and stay informed.
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The Third Culture Kid (TCK) definition is evolving.
What's a Cross Cultural Kid?
TCKs (Third Culture Kids), Bi/multi-cultural/racial children, children of immigrants, "Domestic TCKs", international adoptees, and children of...
(read more)
