“Third Culture” was first coined in the 1950s by the sociologist Ruth Hill Useem, who was referring to the learning process of how to relate to another culture; eventually they began to refer to children who accompany their parents into a new country with a different culture as “Third Culture Kids,” aka TCK. Third Culture …
My family (like most of China at this time,) were poor, and had to borrow money to immigrate over to Canada. Luckily, 2 of my uncles had already come over so having that support was extremely helpful but growing up as a Third Culture Kid is never easy!
My story began before I was even born. My family, Chinese, was living in communist China and they were pregnant, with me, their second child. For those who do not know, at the time, China had a one child policy and my parents already had an 8 year old daughter.
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