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Tag Archives: Global Nomad

Identity and Place, A Reflection

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Peggy Pilkey

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” ― C.S. Lewis The following definition of “third culture kid” (TCK) was coined in the 1950s, but “cross-cultural kid” … Continue reading →

Posted in Cross-Cultural Kids, Musings, Personal Reflections, Third Culture Kids, Travel Memoirs | Tagged Adult CCKs, Adult Cross-Cultural Kid, Adult Cross-Cultural Kids, Adult TCK, Adult TCKs, Adult Third Culture Kid, Adult Third Culture Kids, Canadian Academy, CCK, Cross-Cultural Kid, Cross-Cultural Kids, Cross-Cultural Kids in Fiction, Cross-Cultural Kids Writing, Global Nomad, Guyana, Hidden Immigrant, Identity and Place, Ruth E. Van Reken, Saudade, TCI, TCK, Third Culture Individual, Third Culture Kid, Third Culture Kids, Third Culture Kids Writing, Transcultural, Transnational | 2 Comments
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