> A 2012 review found that being raised in at least two cultures leads, on average, to greater psychological and emotional well-being and higher social competen

> A 2012 review found that being raised in at least two cultures leads, on average, to greater psychological and emotional well-being and higher social competence in adulthood I don't know, there are two sides to every coin: it sucks on many levels to be an outsider. Maybe it's the wrong question to ask about 'happiness', it may well be that one is achieving less as an outsider, on average, but that one is assigning more value to the achievements, as one may have had to work harder compared to the insiders in order to get to where you are... (speaking as a TCK - third-culture kid; never heard of this term before) Still, I very much value the added perspective granted by having been exposed to a different set of cultures, it's a very precious thing to me. Also there may just be some element of Survivorship bias in this kind of observation. There is this kind of logic: 'what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger', still some don't manage to cope, unfortunately.