Why Is It Hard To Say That Kid Is A Third Culture Kid

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Have you ever been in a situation where you ask a kid, where he or she is from, but they find it hard to answer the question? Perhaps this might mean that kid is a Third Culture Kid (TCK), a child that has spent a significant part of his or her life in a culture other than his or her parent’s culture. They are also known as global nomads which literally means a world traveler without roots. Well, that pretty much explains why they stonewall these kinds of queries.
The statement in the topic reflects evident ignorance. What rings the bell is that the quote relates a TCK to a home country. When teenagers return to the country they personally and culturally belong, they start to question where they really belong. Since they find group conformity

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