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MK/TCK effective care - Coggle Diagram
MK/TCK effective care
Developmental Issues; uneven maturity (Pollock, p.211-227)
Developmental tasks; often are interrupted or expedited (Pollock, p.213-214)
Establishing a personal sense of identity (Pollock, p.213)
Establishing and maintaining strong relationships (Pollock, p.213)
Developing competence in decision making (Pollock, p.213)
Achieving independence (Pollock, p.214)
Moving into adulthood (Pollock, p.214)
Early maturity; often told "you seem so much older than your age" (Pollock, p.214-215)
Broad base of knowledge and global awareness (Pollock, p.214-215)
Relationship to adults; lots of experience with adults (Pollock, p.215
Communication skills (Pollock, p.215)
Early autonomy; traveling alone, explore surroundings (Pollock, p.215)
Prolonged adolescence; often between ages of 22-24 (Pollock, p.216-217)
Adolescent development tasks; testing the rules values and beliefs learned in childhood (Pollock, p.217-21)
Extended compliance required (Pollock, p.218)
Lack of opportunities for meaningful choices (Pollock, p.218)
Family separation (Pollock, p.216)
Home cultural expectations; confusion about norms and expectations in each culture (Pollock, p.219-220)
Differentiation from system ; systems can provide a sense of belonging or be stifling for the TCK (Pollock, p.220-223)
Some TCK's don't fit the system but attempt to conform ; win/loss (Pollock, p.221)
Some TCK's fit the system; win/win (Pollock, p.221-222)
Some TCK's don't completely fit but doesn't realize or mind; lose/win (Pollock, p.222)
Some TCK's don't fit and spend years trying to prove it; loss/loss (Pollock, p.222-223)
Delayed Adolescent Rebellion (Pollock, p.223-226)
Extension of prolonged adolescence (Pollock, p.223)
End of need for compliance (Pollock, p.223)
Loneliness; sometimes the rebellion is a plea for help (Pollock, p.224)
Anger; most common manifestations of unresolved griel (Pollock, p.224-226)
Best preventative measure parents can take = give children opportunities to make real choices (Pollock, p.225)
Very few TCK's would exchange the richness of their lives to avoid the inevitable challenges that have faced (Pollock, p.226)
Personal Characteristics (Pollock, p. 153-165)
Cultural chameleon (Pollock, p.153-155)
Benefit : adaptability; roll with the punches (Pollock, p.153-154)
Challenge : lack of true cultural balance; they themselves don't know who they really are (Pollock, p.154-155)
Hidden immigrant (Pollock, p.155-158)
Benefit : blending in (Pollock, p.156-157)
Challenge : defining the differences; screamers (Pollock, p.157-158)
Prejudice (Pollock, p.158-160)
Benefit : less prejudice; know there is always a reason behind anyone's behavior (Pollock, p.158-159)
Challenge : more prejudice; sense of entitlement and superiority (Pollock, p.159-160)
Decisiveness (Pollock, p.160-161)
Benefit : the importance of now (Pollock, p.160)
Challenge : The delusion of choice (Pollock, p.160-161)
Relation to authority (Pollock, p.161-162)
Benefit : appreciation of authority (Pollock, p.161-162)
Challenge : mistrustful of authority (Pollock, p.162)
Arrogance: real or perceived (Pollock, p.163-164)
Practical Skills (Pollock, p.167-181)
Cross-cultural skills; ability to be sensitive to the more hidden aspects or deeper levels of culture (Pollock, p.167-171)
Observational skills; noticing what's going on around and trying to understand the reasons why (Pollock, p.171-172)
Social skills; inner confidence and self-reliance, for others fear of looking stupid causes withdrawl (Pollock, p.173-175)
Linguistic skills; speaking different languages sharpen thinking skills (Pollock, p.175-180)
Relational Patterns (Pollock, p.195-209)
Large numbers of relationships; people from various countries and ethnicities; technology helps stay in touch (Pollock, p.196-198)
Deep and valued relationships (Pollock, p.198-205)
TCK's jump into deep levels of friendship; sense urgency and skills to develop friendships (Pollock, p.199-203)
TCK's tend to place a high value on their relationships, especially those from their TCK world (Pollock, p.204)
Effects of multiple losses on relationships (Pollock, p.205-208)
Refusing to care (Pollock, p.206)
Quick release; let go too soon (Pollock, p.206)
Emotional flattening; refusing to feel the pain (Pollock, p.206-208)
Benefits and challenges; the TCK profile (Pollock, p.139-151)
Benefits (Pollock, p.139-151)
Expanded worldview (Pollock, p.140-141)
Three-dimensional view of the world (Pollock, p.145-146)
Cross-cultural enrichment (Pollock, p.148)
Challenges (Pollock, p.139-151)
Confused loyalties (Pollock, p.142-144)
Painful awareness of reality (Pollock, p.146-146)
Ignorance of home culture (Pollock, p.146-150)
Rootlessness and Restlessness; "where do I belong?" (Pollock, p.183-194)
Rootlessness (Pollock, p.184-189)
Where are you from? is a dreaded question (Pollock, p.184-185)
Where is home?; for many this is the hardest question of all (Pollock, p.185-189)
Home may be defined by relationships; "home is wherever my family is" (Pollock, p.186-187)
Feeling at home (Pollock, p.187-186)
Home as a part of your history; some TCK's can never go back to the home they had growing up (Pollock, p.188-189)
Restlessness; the migratory instinct (Pollock, p.189-193)
An realistic attachment to the past, or a persistent expectation that the next place will finally be home (Pollock, p.190)
Restlessness can have a disastrous effect on an ATCK's academic life, career and family (Pollock, p.190)
Some feel an obligation to be far from their parents, siblings, or even their own children (Pollock, p.191)
Some TCK's have the opposite response; they swear they will never move again (Pollock, p.192)
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