Why Do Kids Grow In A Third Culture

Kids grow in the third culture
I. Introduction
A. Nowadays a lot of families moving with their kids around the world.
B. The reasons for relocation.
C. In this paper, I am going to discuss two of the most common causes and their effect.
D. The effects of the geographical relocation of families with their young kids could be many. But the most important effects are which include the effect on their social relations and the adaptation to the new culture.
II. Body 1: Causes
A. Moves better situation (jobs).
B. Political reason (wars).
III. Body 2: Effect 1 . Struggle with self-definition (Sellers, 2011)
IV. Body 3: Effect 2 . New culture adaptation (Guyas, 2009; Kim, 2008; Moore, 2011; Sellers, 2011;

With more and more kids living internationally, it is relevant to address the needs of Third Culture Kids’ personal and cultural identity development. Third Culture Kids (TCKs) are beginning to receive much-needed attention, and recent studies explore how growing up internationally has affected these students in adulthood (Lambiri, 2005; Kim, 2008; Sellers, 2011; Sparrow, 2000). TCKs are characterized as having a wider sense of appreciation for diversity (Sellers, 2011; Lambiri, 2005; Grappo, 2008), broader sense of understanding (Sellers, 2011), developed sense of perspective (Sellers, 2011; Grappo, 2008), openness to other cultures (Lambiri, 2005; Sellers, 2011), and readily accepting of change (Sellers, 2011; Grappo 2008). Despite the widely diverse beneficial characteristics of TCKs, their life is highly mobile (Grappo, 2008; Sellers, 2011), and can change in an instant, with people, places, things, sights, smells, lifestyle and identity gone forever” (Grappo, 2008, p.