Cross-cultural teens have ‘tremendous advantages’ and ‘unique challenges’

For children growing up between cultures or changing country of residence, building a strong sense of self can be challenging. So how can you best support cross-cultural teens and build a healthy foundation for adulthood? The Netherlands may be the best place in the world to be a child, according to Unicef, but the experience of their cross-cultural peers (children who have lived in two or more cultural environments) can vary. Research undertaken in the writing of Raising Global Teens, published in October by paediatrician and serial expat Anisha Abraham, shows that more than half of this group associated a feeling of loss, and questions related to identity and belonging, with being a cross-cultural kid. 

Read more at DutchNews.nl: https://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2020/11/cross-cultural-teens-have-tremendous-advantages-and-unique-challenges/