Your mother is Swiss, your father is from the Philippines and you have
so far lived in five countries, none of them your passport country. Who
are you? Where are you from? Where is home? And what did you eat for
breakfast? If you are a friend, this book will guide you. If you are a
teacher, it will enlighten you. If you are a parent, it will spell it
out for you and if you are an employer, it will convince you. Here they
are, the cultural chameleons, the young global nomads, the TCKs - Third
Culture Kids - from around the world, telling you their story. They gave
us their words and art, so that finally there is a book BY them and not
ABOUT them. "A wonderful and timely update to the TCK story as it
continues to be lived out by a new generation. It answers the question
of 'what is the same' and 'what is different' from the past generations
of TCKs." Ruth Van Reken, author of Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among
Worlds and Letters Never Sent. "A much needed book! This book gives
children/adolescents a voice regarding their TCK experience, very
touching, very poignant." Ryan Haynes, High School Counselor,
International School Bangkok, www.isb.ac.th "To read this anthology is
to reverberate our stories as a growing tribe. We echo one another.
These youths' stories are mine, yours, ours." Myra Dumapias, MSW, CEO of
TCKid, Building Cross Cultural Bridges, http: //tckid.com "This poignant
collection may make you laugh, may make you cry and, if you pay close
enough attention, will provide you with deep insight into what it feels
like to be a third culture kid." Ellen Mahoney, Founder & CEO, Sea
Change Mentoring, www.seachangementoring.com "Just as Lennart Nilsson's
spectacular photographs of developing embryos revolutionized our view of
human life, so too will The Worlds Within shed light on the development
of the TCK personality, from toddler to adult, and all from within the
fluid of the TCK's own experience. A fascinating read." Douglas W. Ota,
author of Safe Passage: What Mobility Does to People and What
International Schools Should Do About It www.safepassage.nl
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