What is it like to be a Third Culture Kid?

[@Lydia-yo4lo]

I am Russian but was born in England and lived in Japan for most of my life. Now I am living in Russia.

[@grantlawyer]

3rd world kid = the future of humanity

[@lukasczubak6585]

3rd culture*

[@alicehong7809]

I bet 1000 years later there will be the same amount of racism and bigotry. Human nature.

[@vikinglingo]

As a biracial mother (Japanese/Costa Rican) married to a Norwegian, I've been thinking a lot about my child's future. I grew up going back and forth, from Japan to Costa Rica, I felt like I didn't belong to neither but both at the same time... Very complicated feeling. This types of videos gives me deeper insight for my son, so thank you for that!

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@heyitsbea7149]

I relate so much. I was born and raised in the States but my mom is Italian and my dad is french and since I was 3 I've gone to a french school so although I am very American in some of my ways I always feel too European when I'm with Americans and too American with Europeans. It's a really weird place to be in tbh

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@KevininShanghai]

Nice video, well done Kaja :)

[@KajaKubicka]

thank you Kevin! :)

[@Paulisiek97]

I was born and raised in Poland, have been living in Denmark for more than two years now and the way it has changed my thinking, opened me to world and different people as well as made me less stressed is just incredible. Also, speaking several languages closes you to locals in a different way than if you would just speak English with them. In the end, I am not idealizing Poland, I am doing something kind of opposite, but it is so good to be back, eat polish and not only polish food and just enjoy your time in Poland, especially in Warsaw which really surprised me positively. All the best girl! Really interesting video.

[@KajaKubicka]

Dziękuje! :)

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@constance.m]

Personally, I'm french but I live in Asia. All of this is really true, you never feel home anywhere but you have a deeper understanding and idea of the world. I used to really hate traveling as a kid because I never had the chance to make a best friend until I was old enough to keep in contact with 2 very special people. I lived in 4 completely different countries with huge culture differences (and languages) but I've learnt to live with that idea that I will never really belong anywhere so I convince myself that it doesn't really matter because it makes me a really unique person. (even if sometimes i wish i could translate my bad jokes from one language to another)

[@constance.m]

@Xoch BX you're right it's not just flowers and sunshine and really it's hard for me to know which side I relate to the most but I am more open to the world and have had memories that not everyone can relate to and I finally have friends I've been with for years even with the distance. It's a mix of good and bad but I'd say I do not regret all these years of travelling they are definitely worth it.

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@lolawinchester6476]

This was so interesting to watch!! I'm french, both my parents are french, lived there until I was 5, moved to the USA until I was 11, moved back to France, lived there 9 years and now I've been living in Germany for 5 years... I feel so "standard" compared to all the people in the comment section it's amazing!

[@Limon3Lime]

pretty similar to my story really! I ve been brought up between four cultures, fluent in three languages but speak five. It's hard for many to understand but watching your video totally made me feel like you get it. It's hard longing for home but having none. I once read a quote that said: to be rooted is perhaps the most important but least recognized need of the human soul. Exactly that! Thanks for you vid

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@PolaisPablo]

Hi! Just found your channel. I loved this video! It's totally me too - 100% polish but I was raised abroad! However, I still consider myself a proud Pole! ;) Looking forward to more videos! :D

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@marryme2298]

I born in China but live in India 2 years, then Saudi Arabia 3 years, then UAE 2 years, I don’t feel any uncomfortable living with locals

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@samcroninmusic]

Hi Kaja, great video 👏 Loved what you said about going to Poland being like a holiday in your own country... Sure a lot of us relate and as you said you can start to idealise your country. I certainly took the same route and in a musical journey I idealise the music of my roots. Definitely also connected with that constant longing to go other places, as much as you enjoy where you originated. After enough time, would that be place really be so enjoyable? Someday surely the wanderlust will arise... Thanks for sharing 🙏😉

[@jaydenlin1943]

The "Home holiday" is so accurate.lol... I study in California, and every time I go back home to China I got so excited and feel like I am having my vacations or holidays there at home. But honestly I don’t really stay at home with family too much even when get back to China, I would go to Shanghai, Shenzhen and travel around China. And I got surprised by new staff new tech in China every time I went back, guess that’s why I feel like I am on a holiday when back home.

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@ultimateathlete123]

Wow this so cool. I never knew there was a word that described my experiences!

[@sarahsoares599]

I'm brazilian, but lived in the U.S when I was a child. Currently I live in Brazil, but I have frequently felt dislocated, like I don't belong here, curiously I do remember feeling the same thing back in the U.S. I think you summed it up pretty well, it's like you're in the middle haha.

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@anninhamusica]

I relate to this so much!!! It has many benefits but it's also tough..

[@aliemran-7339]

Shanghai will miss you ♡

[@yum5098]

Call for participants: Looking for Asian Adult Third Culture Kids. Do you identify yourself as a TCK or did you have an international transitory lifestyle while growing up? If the answer is yes, you might be interested in my dissertation study, titled “Searching for a Home: Examining the Experiences of Asian College Students with Third Culture Kids Backgrounds. The purpose of this study is to understand Asian Adult TCKs’ experiences in college environments. To participate in the study, you need to meet all of the following criteria: 1. You need to be at least 18 years old. 2. You need to identify as a Third Culture Kid and/or have lived outside of your home/passport country for at least one year during childhood or adolescence due to your parents’ or legal guardians’ work-related reasons. 3. You need to have ethnic background of Eastern Asian countries with Confucian cultural influences (e.g., Chinese, Korean, Japanese) and have been raised by parents or legal guardians who value and understand Asian culture. 4. You need to have graduated from college within the past 5 years or be currently enrolled in college with an expected graduation date on or before May 2020. You are not eligible if your program was entirely online (e.g., all of your classes were taken online). If you are interested in participating and you meet the 4 criteria above, please click the link below. The link will direct you to the consent form for the study and a brief survey. If you have any questions, please contact me at [e-mail]. After completing the survey, I will email you to set up your interview at a date and time convenient for you. Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to hearing back from you. [umsl.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_71mMhazNSrtieMt].

[@YabyNotGaby]

I was born in Ethiopia then moved to Tanzania when I was 8 years old, then to Pakistan when I was 10 years old, then to Uganda when I was 14 years old and then Vancouver when I was 18 then Toronto when I was 26. I developed Borderline Personality Disorder and had a huge identity crisis for most of my 20s. Although growing up around the world is "cool", there are LOTS of disadvantages of it.

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@KojiEdMiyazaki]

I just learned about the term TCK last month, and I relate so much to this video. Both my parents are Japanese, and I was born in japan. But I grew up in Austria, Serbia, Slovenia, and now live in SF. Thanks for making this video :)

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@lukasczubak6585]

Hey! What a great video and OMG! I live in the building in 11:17, I can see my apartment's windows in this video, this is so cool :") In general I think being a third culture kid has more advantages bcs you can have multiple citizenship, speak multiple languages and be more open person who understands world from many different perspectives. I'm 20 at the moment grew up in Poland, but after high school I moved to England for 1yr and 4 months and came back for the university 2 weeks ago. Tbh I haven't felt out of place in England even tho I'm 100% polish. I wish I can live abroad in Copenhagen, Stockholm or Oslo for 1 semester, bcs I've been to all of them and they are just GORGEOUS. Cph the best imo. Cheers.

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@CapturingSpain]

Loved this Video! Even though you have this special and interesting life, you do not come across as arrogant. Often, I get the impression that people with such a life are kind of too proud of it. But you are just so natural!

[@KajaKubicka]

Thank you! I really appreciate the kind words! :)

[@angelikaucieklak]

Hey! I've experienced the exact same thing as you. I'm born in Poland, both my parents are Polish but I moved to Stockholm when I was 12 and spend almost equal amount of time in each country. All what you've said is exactly what I've experienced personally, the where you belong questions? and where's home?, for me home is Stockholm. Feel like that's the country that shaped me to the person I am now and influenced me the most while growing up. When it comes to visiting Poland once again I feel the same it's like a weird feeling of being home but actually more like on holidays, holidays at home :D Right now I'm studying in UK so I've moved to a yet new country, being third culture kid(adult now) definitely made me of a more open minded human and makes it easier to learn new cultures and adapt quicker. Of course there are the cons to is as well unfortunately. Enjoyed watching your video, I'm sure there's so many people that can relate.

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@onewhoisanonymous]

My family is a blended family. My mom is from the Philippines and my dad is from the USA (though he lived in Asia for 20 years)....I was born in the USA, went to my first couple of years of school in Saudi Arabia, then moved back to the USA. I lived in Colorado, Texas, Washington, and Arkansas. From the age of 1 to 18: I lived in at least 11 different houses or apartments. My parents finally decided to "settle" (stay in one city) by the time I reached high school. Settling down made me anxious and just miserable. I moved to China after university and I have been here for 6 years. Though I have lived in 5 different parts/regions of China. I can't settle down. It is frustrating but just part of my nature.

[@anna_lis]

So relatable! Also a polish TCK here :)

[@ohjustwonder1289]

Let's be honest, the worst question you can get as a third culture kid is "where are you from?"

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@alicehong7809]

You KNOW it’s not true. I know you know. Lmao.

[@yubaihe7866]

Still miss shanghai and my hometown , but i know , if i go back to china , I will start to miss the life in melbourne again. ..

[@KajaKubicka]

I know what you mean , so typical right ;(

[@mizzymsp]

lmao me with cambodia... I used to live there and I didn’t really like it but now that im in the uk I’m missing cambodia so much, I feel like i’ve made SOOO many good memories and i’m ignoring the shittiness well. really miss the food too and my mum barely knows how to cook it and she’s cambodian lol

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@VictoriaMorganawesometori]

I like the idea of this video. You can provide a very interesting perspective.

[@KajaKubicka]

thanks Victoria! :)

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@endingalaporte]

your video is the inner voice I have, I searched third culture kids in Paris and found them, I felt like at home, being french hongkonger

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@marekrudnicki4645]

I thought Paris was in Texas.

[@CandyWorld30]

Marek Rudnicki 😂

[@marekrudnicki4645]

Paris, Texas en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_Texas

[@kayzzzzzzzzz]

Marek Rudnicki there is paris, france and there is paris, texas (only what i know of, there may be more)

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@healheartandmind]

I can totally relate. Great video

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@donald6688]

Interesting topic！ it’s lucky to have the opportunity to experience different cultures.

[@KajaKubicka]

thanks! Yes definitely :)

[@yubaihe7866]

I definitely feel the same way like you do. Always doubt and asking myself where I belongs to? I borned in harbin china. when i was 10 ,moved to shanghai, Then moved to melbourne (australia ) when Im 17.

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@annachrobak6435]

That is soo interesting.., thank you soo much for sharing your view on this, Greetings from Kraków🇵🇱😊

[@leseseele]

an other great and interesting video! Thanks for sharing! I am also a third culture kid and i see that as an enrichment and a struggle at the same time. You are never home and can not exactly tell "what" you are but at the same time it makes you so openminded and unrestricted. You are like a tree with so many routs. Thats it! I think the world is becoming more nd more a place where the fact of being a third culture kid will be the normal

[@KajaKubicka]

I absolutely agree! :)

[@LiMussico]

I can relate so much to this. My dad is Dutch and my mum is Russian (from Ukraine) but we moved to the States when I was 12. And I love visiting the Netherlands every once in a while because it feels so familiar and I finally feel at home in the States, I am currently finishing my last year in high school.

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@isabel_yilan]

Thanks for sharing. I am gonna find and read the third culture child article. So interesting! I am surprised that I can always relate my own experience to your videos. Anyway, thanks and keep posting :)

[@KajaKubicka]

I'm very happy to hear that, always nice to know someone can relate ;D and thank you!

[@isabel_yilan]

❤️❤️❤️

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@JimWorthey]

Kaja, this video is especially interesting. In many videos you mention Poland and Denmark, with no explanation. Now we can understand better. Is there another voice in the video? Did you use some audio from another third culture person?? Anyway, thank you for sharing your personal history.

[@KajaKubicka]

I'm happy you find it interesting! no it's my voice :)

[@davidum6671]

I can relate so much to everything you are saying...I was born in Malaysia. Moved to South Korea at 6 years old and then went to America when I was 12. Then went to Canada at 17 which is where I am now. It still is very confusing navigating all these cultures.

[@ragnargrabson1287]

One polish proverb says: "Tam dom, gdzie serce Twoje" or "Your home is, where Your heart is". I like this saying because it implies that we may have more than one "home" - you can have a physical home with a roof and windows in one country and another home which is spiritual and non-physical in another country. Regardless of that, one day, you will have your own family and it will become a little bit clear where you want to belong more and find a place where your "heart" wants to be. In the meantime - learn, travel, make friends and have a good time. Good luck Kaja and greetings from a Polish-American.

[@airlinernee8292]

Hi, I do hope your heart is in Poland too. :) Podrowienia z Polski!

[@sakshi5173]

Born in the USA to Indian parents, then moved to India but I now live in the UK. Am I a third culture kid?

[@genevievesmith5277]

Sakshi yes!!

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@lennartolsen44]

Great video and subject!

[@KajaKubicka]

thank you :)

[@WolframRaies]

I love this Kaja. I think I can definitely relate to the concept of a third culture kid because I am of German, West African, Chinese and Indian descent living in South America (Suriname). I feel like I belong nowhere more than I feel like I belong somewhere, even though I love my home country (very conflicting, right?). I feel like I am a child of the globe, with no set place to go. Like I belong everywhere. Like I mentioned on a previous video of yours, I'm going to study in China for 5 years, in Beijing. I am beyond excited and I hope that this perspective of mine, of being a third culture kid, will help me make friends easily, to understand the Chinese culture easily and to feel at home more easily.

[@KajaKubicka]

wow that definitely sounds complicated! good luck in China!! :)

[@pixik9396]

Bardzo przyjemnie się Ciebie słucha, masz miły głos ;)

[@KajaKubicka]

dziękuje :)

[@jimwong2269]

Always good! Love you!

[@KajaKubicka]

thank you!

[@Dovid2000]

Great video! You're an amazing person! By the way, when you're in Paris, be sure to try their delectable Camembert Cheese (Fromage Camembert). It's the best!

[@KajaKubicka]

thank you :)

[@zoeteapples]

For me as an adult third culture kid, I always feel like home could be anywhere. However wherever home is, there will always be this part where I feel like a foreigner, whether it’s in my own passport country, the country I lived in the longest, other countries I lived in. It feels weird to encounter many cultural contradictions (which mostly happens in my own head, but then later get used to it) as I move to another place. Also reverse culture shock is another thing, but I’m grateful and I wouldn’t change a thing. :)

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@likaitan4250]

I really like this vlog, very interesting topic. I also read something about the life and confuse of 2nd generation Chinese migrant kids and since then I began to think if migration to a more developed country is really good for children, especially for we Asians whos culture is even more distinctive.

[@Lieke-wy1uh]

My family: my dad is half colombian/ half argentinian, my mom is half brazilian/ half african, they both moved to the Netherlands for different reasons, then my dad moved to the US and my mom came later, so i was born in Detroit. (I do have a dutch name) When i was 4, i went to live in the netherlands till i was 14, i went to the US again and I lived there for a year, then I lost both my parents in a car accident, so i went to the netherlands again to live with family, but after 2 years i went to live in Barcelona with other family. I can speak English, Dutch and Spanish. In short: born in the US, at 4 till 14 i lived in the Netherlands, at age 15 i moved to the US, at 16 i moved to the Netherlands and at 18 i moved to Barcelona

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@deezasaur]

I was born in Finland but I moved to South Africa when I turned 8 (I'm 24, so I lived there 2/3 of my life). I never knew there was a thing called Third Culture Kid. I recently had to move back to Finland and I'm really feeling out of place even though this is technically my home country. I really have an urge to move back to South Africa or a completely new place and country. I resonate with this video a lot!

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@michakowalski7748]

Greetings from Poland!

[@andrew990325]

Ahhh, I’m like opposite from u, Asian lives in Europe, can’t agree more what ur perspectives in the video! Cheers💪🏻

[@cookiemaria780]

What is one called if your parents are from 2 different countries, but then your birth country is neither of those countries and then you grew up in 3 other countries where neither of them are your parent’s countries nor your birth country. I have 5 countries in my childhood and 3 passports😂

[@bhaightable]

Hey I've been a teacher at international schools the past few years and have worked with a lot of TCKs. I'm curious did u go to an int'l school in Copenhagen?

[@avitalsheva]

You are European. Not big issue. Danish or Polish. You are EU. Not exactly same but to the extent like a Texan coming to Colorado or Kansas.

[@user-be4kx2qg4l]

I go to a international school in Tanzania so I do the IB school system. Been a 3rd culture kid my whole life lol I brag to my friends back in England that I'm a diplomat gang gang

[@user-yx2nk5gv3g]

My dad is Polish and my mom is French. They met in Germany and had me. I was born in Germany, then we moved to Czech. My culture, my mom's and my dad's don't really line up. There are things that are different and there has always been a small disconnect. We moved to Canada and it's a totally different world almost. When I go back and visit my "home" it doesn't really feel like home even though it is my home in my head. I have qualities of all these different cultures, but I'm not one culture and don't fully "fit in" in one place.

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@sv-bd5em]

ah i'd say you're polish. 3ck usually move earlier. to me you seem polish and you even have a polish accent. seems to be you just migrated once and then moved for school when you were already an adult.

[@KajaKubicka]

Yes I do consider myself Polish, juts like I'm saying in the video :)

[@Laura-jn7cv]

I was born in england and have lived in shanghai for 14 years

[@scampishchicken2589]

Laura you study in shanghai?

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@sofiajuan1747]

I was born in Spain however moved to Colombia (my mothers country) until I was four I then moved to the United States. I was brought up with the Colombian culture while still technically being raised in America never really learning about my Spanish Heritage so when I found out about this term i was happy to know that their was finally a way to explain my upbringing

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@saracosivi8257]

I relate a lot, I was born in Switzerland but my mum is Scottish and my dad is Italian and when I was 6 years old, I moved to Brazil and I live here ever since but I study at a French school. I always feel like a foreigner, even at school, it's kinda annoying but fun at the same time!

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@airlinernee8292]

Hej! Oczywiście, że jesteś Polką. :) Powiem Ci więcej, jest mnóstwo osób mieszkających daleko na wschodzie w Rosji, ale także na Białorusi, czy na Litwie, którzy choć nigdy w Polsce nie byli uważają się, z racji swojego pochodzenia, za Polaków. Pięknie mówisz po angielsku. Jesteś wspaniałym dowodem na to, że, jak to mówi jedno powiedzenie: "Polak potrafi". Przy okazji, musisz częściej przyjeżdżać do Polski, tu jest tyle do zwiedzania! :)

[@StermaPerma]

It’s strange because while you say you’ve got loads of TCK friends so it’s not that strange to you, I haven’t met any people like that or very rarely.

[@audreymcneal]

Idk. I was born where I currently and have always lived, Northern Virginia, USA. My dad is from here, but my mom was born in Cambodia where her family is from. What am I has been a question for me forever.

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@td1757]

Your smile is so sweet!6

[@jwang076]

Why do you need to belong to somewhere? Isn’t enough that you belong to earth.

[@catrionafrancesca]

I think if you didn't grow up as a third culture kid then you probably find it hard to understand why, but it's just little things (e.g. you usually don't have a childhood home to go back to or you never feel 100% at home anywhere and there's family in different countries that you don't have the privilege of seeing a lot)

[@gabbynina5813]

I really liked this video I have friends that can relate to this and always found it interesting when they said something similar to you in this video, and just wanted to say I know you were sad to leave shanghai and were saying you were thinking of going back to Asia after Paris, I recommend South Korea I think you would like it a lot..I’m actually visiting Paris in March and if you have any good restaurants or places to hangout that are cool could you recommend? I’m going alone and I’m looking forward to it and would love to hear some advice from someone living there thanks for great videos Kaja!

[@KajaKubicka]

thank you! and yes I will try to include some recommendations in my Paris video, they are coming up soon! :)

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@noursaccount]

you guys I just realized I am a third culture kid

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@haoqingwang323]

“We are all just people, we are all slowly becoming third culture kids”, like it

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@justina2320]

I am also Polish! But my family is Ukrainian, so ukrainian traditions were definitely present in my life. I feel very Polish, despite the things that we do differently!

[@qzg7857]

Ukraine was for almost 700years part of Poland. I dont think your parents are that diffrent than Poles

[@justina2320]

@@qzg7857 the culture is different. And religion. But it is nothing extreme. Still you can notice differences.

[@kasiabalcerowska2188]

@@justina2320 Ukraine doesn't have culture

[@justina2320]

@@kasiabalcerowska2188 dzieki za Info

[@kasiabalcerowska2188]

@@justina2320 bardzo proszę 😘

[@leenaa.9671]

I’ve lived in Jordan, Iraq and Scotland in my early years (till 6 yrs old) and then Canada ever since. I have Iraqi roots and I feel Arab but not quite because I also feel Canadian. I’m westernized and English is my first language and I have a western culture but at the same time I have my middle eastern culture and I can speak Arabic and go to Saturday school for Arabic as well. It’s so odd. But I know I feel I’m at home in Canada because I barely lived in Iraq

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@claudiaf.2236]

I think it is very important to belong somewhere. I do not think belonging nowhere makes people happy - that has no futur on the long run.

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@isabelsmith2833]

I’m a third culture kid too!

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@jerryjiang3012]

which VPN do you use in china?

[@jimlee9859]

In other countries for a long time will have this feeling.

[@kates8122]

I kind of consider my self as a TCK but I'm not sure. I was born in the states grew up there till I was 6. Moved to Thailand and have lived here ever since. My parents are Thai and grew up in Thailand. When I was younger people would ask me where I'm from and I would say I don't know. They would laugh at me cause I didn't know, they just didn't understand.

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@aleksandrawojdyga4604]

Jestem w Barcelonie przez 5 miesięcy a już idealizuje Polskę. I can relate here haha :D

[@KajaKubicka]

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[@KajaKubicka]

thank you! I use iMovie :)

[@dispuTe04]

The definition of a TCK could apply to anyone

[@taliadorr6261]

I was born in America to German parents only have a German passport and grew up and still live here so I am a proud German :)and I speak German my English isn’t even that good.

[@michakowalski7748]

Pozdrowienia z Polski!

[@shutting88]

Do you think and dream in English or in your mother-tongue language?

[@KajaKubicka]

Probably in Polish, but I guess it can also depends :)

[@jaydenlin1943]

Haha, that’s a very interesting point!

[@thatdays]

Hi Kaja, do you wanna get a tiktok account, so you can get closer to your Chinese followers? Just a suggestion

[@KajaKubicka]

Hi, I might do that, but I don't fully get what you do there ;P

[@thatdays]

@@KajaKubicka it's a app that you can record short videos share with your followers, it's very popular in China now, you can give a try, maybe you will be popular in there, but make sure you download the Chinese version one

[@brianplum1825]

Your English is very good. Isn't your Danish even better since you lived there half of your life?

[@KajaKubicka]

not really, I learned English before I moved to Denmark and for the last couple of years even thought I lived in Denmark I studied in English so I dint't use Danish as much as in the past

[@brianplum1825]

I see. No wonder the trolls tell you to "go back to America!" :-) They had no idea you're from anywhere else. LOL

[@Thindorama]

Brian Plum Um.... You apparently have no idea what English sounds like, “brudder.”

[@pebblessmudgef1578]

, which country was you born in

[@KajaKubicka]

Poland

[@DiaShtereva]

I got your video in the suggestions feed and I understand totally how you feel. I am here to join the third culture adult kid weirdos in the comment section. So I was born in Bulgaria to parents with Turkish heritage, moved to Austria to study. After graduation I lived for a bit in Romania and then 2 years in Belgium where my parents also currently live. Two months ago I moved to Germany. Going home for me is going to where my family is: Belgium. Going home is also where my grandparents live: Bulgaria. Going home is also where my family originally came from: Turkey. And my heart...my heart is in Vienna...

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@BF4LCLJG]

thats so cool, i lived a similar-ish story. i was born in paris (im french) and moved to singapore when i was 2, then lived there for 16 years and then moved to perth, Australia for about 6 years and now im moving back to france :)

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@healthenations4221]

Russian parents born in Ukraine and raised in (after 11) Spain

[@tckglobal]

Hi! :) I'm a third culture kid TEDx speaker and I have a community full of TCKs, my Instagram is a wifi home for third culture kids: instagram.com/tckglobal/ we host weekly global zoom calls and have a global slack and Whatsap TCK community! Follow me on Instagram and send me a DM if you want to join :D

[@Satish.Kumar521]

Do you have Polish citizenship or Danish? :)

[@KajaKubicka]

both :)

[@Satish.Kumar521]

@@KajaKubicka Fanstastic 😊

[@just.observer4648]

Nie ważne ile mieszkasz w danym kraju ludzie zawsze będą cię widzieć jako obcokrajowca. Pozd

[@awaiszaffar_]

Fr

[@robertoszczecin]

You are a European Girl.

[@crazycamilla09]

I thought she was mixed but she’s literally just polish lmao what is this video

[@Thindorama]

Cami Third culture doesn’t imply you’re mixed. She isn’t a good example however given she moved when she was 12. I was born in Hong Kong to parents from India so I’m obviously not Indian but I’m not like the typical Hong Konger either, that seems like a real third culture thing.

[@laoshapigou]

cool

[@takers786]

3:55

[@bettajoeresmenia5536]

i love you kaya

[@bettajoeresmenia5536]

i really like you kaya,im from philippines.

[@Gino964]

สสัสดีเรามาจากไทย🇹🇭

[@brandstark4200]

Follow your steps 😬

[@mr.y2300]

You are a world citizen.

[@7314jazzy]

The feelings of happiness you describe when visiting Poland have a proper name: "the Disney complex". You wear rose-colored glasses and feel euphoric during short term, but it is not sustainable. If you move back to PL, I can guarantee you will lose that "loving feeling" pretty quickly. Sadly, speaking from experience.

[@zhututu5786]

I thought you are us before.......