Comments on: Raising children in Chiang Mai http://www.mythailanddiary.com/250/raising-children-in-chiang-mai/ This is my journal of living in Thailand Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:39:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: him http://www.mythailanddiary.com/250/raising-children-in-chiang-mai/#comment-248 him Fri, 28 Oct 2005 02:06:25 +0000 http://www.mythailanddiary.com/250/raising-children-in-chiang-mai/#comment-248 I don't think this has anything at all to do with being in a foreign country. A kid wouldn't want to move towns in their home country for exactly this reason. Kid's don't have the notion of "keeping in touch" - I remember people moving to the next school along, a mere couple of miles away, never to be heard of again. I don’t think this has anything at all to do with being in a foreign country.

A kid wouldn’t want to move towns in their home country for exactly this reason. Kid’s don’t have the notion of “keeping in touch” - I remember people moving to the next school along, a mere couple of miles away, never to be heard of again.

]]> By: Sarah Mackenzie http://www.mythailanddiary.com/250/raising-children-in-chiang-mai/#comment-249 Sarah Mackenzie Fri, 28 Oct 2005 09:24:04 +0000 http://www.mythailanddiary.com/250/raising-children-in-chiang-mai/#comment-249 Yes, I think most kids are adverse to change. And worse, I think that they feel that they are powerless and that everything they do is at the whim, albeit necessary, of somebody else. Even with hobbies it must be hard for them to leave family and friends and familiar things behind. As you say I suppose all you can do is be patient and try to understand their frustration while at the same time trying to introduce them to a new, hopefully, exciting world. It's certainly easier to move around cultures when you are young. And I always feel envious of kids, now adults, who have grown up in different cultures. They seem (to my provincial mind ;-) to be so much more sophisticated, confident and comfortable in the wider world. Probably only my perception of them and not one that they themselves would recognise. We are always looking at the greener grass ... Yes, I think most kids are adverse to change. And worse, I think that they feel that they are powerless and that everything they do is at the whim, albeit necessary, of somebody else. Even with hobbies it must be hard for them to leave family and friends and familiar things behind. As you say I suppose all you can do is be patient and try to understand their frustration while at the same time trying to introduce them to a new, hopefully, exciting world. It’s certainly easier to move around cultures when you are young. And I always feel envious of kids, now adults, who have grown up in different cultures. They seem (to my provincial mind ;-) to be so much more sophisticated, confident and comfortable in the wider world. Probably only my perception of them and not one that they themselves would recognise. We are always looking at the greener grass …

]]> By: lyle http://www.mythailanddiary.com/250/raising-children-in-chiang-mai/#comment-250 lyle Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:51:26 +0000 http://www.mythailanddiary.com/250/raising-children-in-chiang-mai/#comment-250 oh, boy, this post is so true and it makes me quake to think about our next move...we've been here for four and a half years; it's all my kids know. we expect to move again (probably to europe -- spain, we hope) in about three years. it will be incredibly difficult. "him" is right that it's not hard because of moving between different countries, that it's the moving, period. but still -- adjusting to entirely new cultures certainly makes it even harder! oh, boy, this post is so true and it makes me quake to think about our next move…we’ve been here for four and a half years; it’s all my kids know. we expect to move again (probably to europe — spain, we hope) in about three years. it will be incredibly difficult. “him” is right that it’s not hard because of moving between different countries, that it’s the moving, period. but still — adjusting to entirely new cultures certainly makes it even harder!

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