Dear Daughter (Read this only when we move from Brazil to the United States!), I’m sure you’re busy unpacking your room and familiarizing yourself with the menu at Starbucks and layout of Target. Good thinking because we’ll be going to both places A LOT! If you could give me a few minutes, there are some […]
Becoming a Third Culture Kid: Letter to My Multicultural Daughter Read More »
What is culture shock? Culture shock is not a medical or clinical condition that can be treated with a course of pills unfortunately; it is a highly disorientating feeling that comes from being submerged into something completely different from what you’re used to. It can hit you as soon as you arrive at your new
Culture shock in children Read More »
I am an American citizen, but I was raised in five different countries: the United States, Guatemala, France, Bolivia, and Austria. I lived outside of the United States from when I was seven years old until when I was eighteen years old, which I spent most of my childhood as a Third Culture Kid. After returning to the
How Being a Third Culture Kid Taught Me to Embrace Natural Parenting Read More »
“Leaving my old country, my grandfather and my friends was so sudden that I wanted to stay silent forever” in Geraldo Geraldo is a sensitive and inquisitive boy whose whole world is uprooted as he suddenly moves to another country and is immersed into a new culture. His initial reaction is withdrawal and silence, as
Geraldo, by Ann Margaret Sharp: Book Review and Workshop Read More »
