Have you ever met someone born in Brazil, who grew up in Scotland, graduated in Montreal and now works in Mumbai? People with a similar background are called third-culture kids – globally mobile youngsters whose life-style rivals that of any adult expat.
Third Culture Kids (TCKs) or Global Nomads are individuals who have spent a significant part of their lifetimes outside their parents’ cultures, usually because of their parents’ work.
The “Third Culture”
The term “third-culture kids” was coined in the 1960s by US sociologist Dr. Ruth Hill Useem. She first encountered this phenomenon when she researched North American children living in India back in the fifties. Useem used the term "Third Culture Kids" because TCKs integrate aspects of their birth culture... Read more
