Where do you come from? A simple question, but one the growing number of ‘TCKs’, or third culture kids, find hard to answer. These are children who grow up in a different culture from that of their parents but who also don’t identify with the country they live in. Often attending international schools, they inhabit a third culture, which is a mix of influences.
Amelie, aged eight, is a classic example. ‘She was born in Boston, where we went with my husband’s job,’ says her mother, Kerry Rees. ‘Then we moved to Shanghai and now live in Zurich, where she goes to an international school. If you asked her where she comes from, she would say Wales, as that’s where my husband and I are from – although she’s never lived there.’
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