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Russian Roulette
Russian Roulette #thirdculturekid I am half-American and half-Chinese, and spent my entire life growing up in Beijing. You look at me and...


Defining the TCK experience
Defining the TCK experience About home: But what is home? Home is where you feel familiarity, find friends, have family, make memories......

No More What Ifs
#thirdculturekid “There is freedom waiting for you, On the breezes of the sky, And you ask “What if I fall?” Oh but my darling, What if...


The Heart Opener
The heart-opener #thirdculturekid I am hit with a gasp of chill air as I enter the air-conditioned hospital. Lately, I’ve had some stingy...

Half of nowhere
Last week at work a colleague and I started talking. It turned out that he also was a so-called Third Culture Kid (TCK). Meeting TCKs,...

Changing faster than Change
Let me introduce myself first, my name is Riad and I consider myself part of the third culture kid. How about we start with a little...

The Chinese German
Basically, I grew up in Germany in a small village where farms and green fields make the village what it is. I went to the same school my...
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