Talk:Third culture kid/Archives/2016

Simplify content to ensure effective communication of intended message

I believe that the introduction could be written in a much more concise way. It seems unnecessarily wordy and over-complicated, and in my opinion detracts from the content of the article. I have included my re-write of the introductory paragraph below.

"The term Third Culture Kid (TCK) refers to children who were raised in a culture outside of their parents' culture for a significant portion of their developmental years. A more general term to refer to this group is Third Culture Individuals (TCIs). The first culture of this term refers to the culture of the country from which the individuals parents were raised. The second culture is the culture of the location in which the family currently resides. The third culture is an amalgamation of the the two prior cultural identities. TCIs are unique in the sense that their self-identity is developed while moving between various cultures. Other terms used to refer to TCIs include: global nomads, cultural hybrids, and cultural chameleons.

With the increasing effects of globalization, the population of TCIs has been steadily growing in recent years. This growth is further spurned by transnational migration, international job opportunities, and mobile employment trends. In 2013, the number of individuals categorized at TCIs reached over 220 million. One of the most well-known TCIs is the 44th President of the United States Barack Obama."

This is an example of the type of work I feel this article needs. The content is written in a way that overcomplicates an already complicated topic, and thus detracts from the readers ability to understand and digest the information presented. I would recommend going through and simplifying each section of the page in the a manner similar to what I have done above.

To unknown above: While I agree with your diagnosis of the problem, I still think that the definition and understanding needs refinement before this is published. For instance, the reason that TCK is used instead of TCI or Third Culture Person (TCP) is that the crossing of culture happened during the developmental years and is therefore part of the formation of 'self'. ATCK (Adult TCK is used to delineate the fact that the TCK has moved into adulthood.) Secondly, the third-culture is NOT an amalgam or blending of cultures A and B per se, rather, it is the shared experiences and realities of the third culture, the life in the nexus where the streams of culture converge. Dr. Ruth Useem, who coined the term, describes the Third Culture in the following way, "we began to use the term "third culture" as a generic term to cover the styles of life created, shared, and learned by persons who are in the process of relating their societies, or sections thereof, to each other." Third Culture Kids were children who absorbed these 'styles of life created, shared, and learned by persons in the process of relating to each other.' The fact that this life can include blended culture is true but not complete. <refRuthUseem TCK World Website/ref> Also the TCK profile that you quote, "The term Third Culture Kid (TCK) refers to children who were raised in a culture outside of their parents' culture for a significant portion of their developmental years" is directly from the published work of Dr. David C. Pollock and needs to be cited. <refDavid C Pollock and Ruth Van Reken, Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds/ref> ~Michael Pollock~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by MvPollock (talk • contribs) 02:01, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

Obama?

How is Obama a Third Culture Kid??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.10.108.50 (talk) 12:00, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

He lived in Hawaii and Indonesia as a child. Rjpg12 (talk) 00:41, 2 December 2016 (UTC)