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Expatriate Children are the same as peers at home but there are special issues. They develop special skills: intercultural abilities, languages, different kinds of independence. Most develop an international perspective and regard differences as interesting rather than isolating. The flip side of the coin is that they are also confronted with special challenges; coping with extensive change and culture and language differences, rootlessness, identity challenges.
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Expatriate children have also been called Third Culture Kids. Most grow up in the expatriate community, surrounded by people from many countries. They live at the meeting point of cultures rather than in a specific cultural atmosphere. This results in excellent intercultural skills but faces parents and children withchallenges. Information: A profile of expatriate children Self-Assessment: Profile of own children. Support required Outcomes: Understanding of children. Support plan
Many expatriate children are also bicultural. Their parents come from different countries and cultures. Or one parent may be an expatriate, married to a person of the child's country of residence. These children, and their parents, face a particular set of challenges. Both parents will have definite ideas about child raising and must find compromises and meeting points in bringing up their children. The children must make sense of different cultures and possibly languages. Biculturality is an opportunity and a challenge for children and parents. Information: Biculturality, advantages and challenges Self-Assessment: Analysis of Parental mindsets Outcome: Development of support plan
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