Mangaging expectations.
Although we have told Elsy that we were moving, she does not understand the concept of moving. Our condo is "home" and she is very comfortable here. We have our routines, and our familiar haunts, and our usual nightly jaunts into the city. Moving out into the suburbs will be a big shift for her, despite having stayed at my parents' place many times. Will she get used to not seeing the night lights, the people, the daily noises that permeate our apartment and environment? She will not see as many people as she did when she was an infant.
I do like living downtown if only to expose my children to the myriad types of people, places, things that this city can offer. This would also include the many transients and less fortunate people who are ever present in our part of the city. They are not people to be feared, or ignored, or even pitied. They need to be given the respect and dignity that any human being should be given despite their current circumstances.
Moving out into the isolated bubbles that make our suburban landscape will shield her from many of these types of people that she would meet, the places that she would go, and the sights that she could see. But I think she's been exposed enough to at least have an initial grasp of this multicultural society that we have here. I'm more worried about any of her siblings who will only know life in the burbs.
In any case, we'll see how she reacts when we move for good. Hopefully she gets over it as quickly as getting over the fact that her cousins are no longer at my parents' place. Actually, she has not gotten over it yet. She still expects them to be there. Ah well, we'll see how this goes..
I do like living downtown if only to expose my children to the myriad types of people, places, things that this city can offer. This would also include the many transients and less fortunate people who are ever present in our part of the city. They are not people to be feared, or ignored, or even pitied. They need to be given the respect and dignity that any human being should be given despite their current circumstances.
Moving out into the isolated bubbles that make our suburban landscape will shield her from many of these types of people that she would meet, the places that she would go, and the sights that she could see. But I think she's been exposed enough to at least have an initial grasp of this multicultural society that we have here. I'm more worried about any of her siblings who will only know life in the burbs.
In any case, we'll see how she reacts when we move for good. Hopefully she gets over it as quickly as getting over the fact that her cousins are no longer at my parents' place. Actually, she has not gotten over it yet. She still expects them to be there. Ah well, we'll see how this goes..
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