And don't forget the inculturation process that we go through even as adults. Just moving from Point A to Point B, and there's a minor inculturation process (or major, depending on the variation between A and B). Hence culture shock, as we struggle against the unspoken rules of a new culture--unspoken because it's not like you get a stinkin' handbook when you move to a new city, state, or country.
I often suspect that the kids who are raised moving frequently are either less sensitive to culture shock--having gone through the acculturation process plenty of times as a child--or they're ten times more sensitive, due to the trauma of being uprooted so much as a child. Worst thing is you never really find out where you stand until that first big move as an adult.
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Date: 11 Mar 2005 06:18 pm (UTC)I often suspect that the kids who are raised moving frequently are either less sensitive to culture shock--having gone through the acculturation process plenty of times as a child--or they're ten times more sensitive, due to the trauma of being uprooted so much as a child. Worst thing is you never really find out where you stand until that first big move as an adult.
Fffft. Is it time to go home yet? ;D