Culture Shock
From Alhannah
You will experience this. We have all been there and can help. At first everything will seem new and intriguing, then it will all seem like too much work to do anything and you will probably want to go home, then eventually you will accept the good and the inconvenient. Ask for advice on how to do/find things. Everyone is more than willing to tell you their trials and triumphs and to share a laugh over the absurdities of trying to fit into another culture.
Books you may fund useful:
- A Portable Identity By Debra R. Bryson and Charise M. Hoge
- Third Culture Kids By David C. Pollock and Ruth E. VanReken
- Survival Kit for Overseas Living By L. Robert Kols
- Don’t They Know It’s Friday? By Jeremy Williams
Two women, both social workers, share their experiences with following their husbands overseas.
Insights for raising kids overseas. This book has one of the best sections I have ever read on the transitions process of a cross cultural move.
Practical suggestions for living in another culture.
A handbook for living and working in the Middle East.
