Shanghai Daily news

Being a "Third Culture Kid," or TCK, may mean that you were flying on a plane before you could walk; you can't answer the question, "Where are you from?"; you have a name in at least two different languages and they're not the same; and you think "visa" means a document stamped in your passport and not a plastic card you carry in your wallet.
Next Wednesday, Cross Cultural Interchange (CCI) is organizing a special workshop with the theme - "Third Culture Kids."
A more formal definition of a TCK is "a person who has spent a significant part of his or her developmental years outside their parents' culture."
As parents, they must be aware of how life overseas affects children and how to help them develop into confident, talented individuals with enhanced intercultural communication skills in this globalizing world.
According to Scott Rosenberg, business development manager of CCI, the development patterns of TCKs vary greatly from other children and are often ignored.
"They have more of a need for talking through the issues they are struggling with while living abroad and for making up for not having the same network of friends and family as they would have in their parents' home culture," he says.
Anna Rundshagen, who has been in the training and consulting business in Shanghai for 10 years, will be the trainer. Since 2002, Rundshagen has focused on intercultural awareness and understanding programs for both expatriates and Chinese professionals.
After the training course, parents will have the tools to help their TCKs establish their own identities and make their experience in China a positive one.
Advance registration is required. For more information, contact Rosenberg at 6249-6315 or visit www.ccichinaltd.com.

Date: February 2, 9:30am-4:30pm
Address: Suite 201, Bldg 3, 303 Huashan Rd
Admission: 3,000 yuan
Tel: 6249-6315