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You know you are a Third Culture Kid when...

  SHANNON’S CORNER September 2021 You know you are a Third Culture Kid when…Your life story uses the phrase “Then we moved to…” three (or four, or five…) times. You know you are a Third Culture Kid when…You can’t answer the question:  “Where are you from?” TCK Identity I had the privilege of working with seven precious kids and teens, ages ranging from three to sixteen.  I was honored that they opened up their “heart packs” to me as we processed through their experiences and how it impacted their lives and the feelings attached with them.  Each one had a story to share about their experience of living overseas and returning to the states.   We did many activities and art projects to help elicit their story so that they could process their emotions.  One activity that all the kids and teens enjoyed was a journey through grief.  They had a map of where they were on reality mountain and had to get to springs of new normal but had ...