My parents moved around every 3 years or so when we were younger. I hated it but the experiences and exposure into different cultures was well worth it.
But there is something to be said for consistency. I envy kids that grow up in the same town throughout their childhood. There is something nice about “where everyone knows your name”, teachers recognize your siblings by the last names, you belong to one community for a significant period of time and your friendships are bound by all the years you spent together.
Would you consider your children’s feelings before moving across a country? Is consistency in their lives a factor when you consider moving even across town?
When I was a kid, I loved moving.... moved about 4 times. We were never allowed to go out and play with the neighborhood kids anyways, so I didn't care.... school remained the same so no issues there :)
Only my little brother has that... he went to the same school district for elementary, middle and high school. He knows the local shop owners and they know him. Some of this high school buddies were in his kindergarden class.
Don't have kids.....but I wouldn't move if I could help it......I've had friends who moved around a lot during their childhood and most of them hated it.....as soon as they would make friends or begin to get used to the place........(it takes a lot of time for some).....it was time to move again
I consider myself very lucky to have grown up in one house.......I can understand the benefit of exposure to new cultures, but thankfully I live in a heavily diverse city so that was never a problem.......its nice to have teachers who know your siblings.........or have that one bakery/shop where they remember the days you tagged along with your dad and could barely look over the counter..........I even have a picture with my two best friends on our pre-school graduation and we took another one on our high school graduation in the same pose, how many people have that luxury?...........but then again sometimes moving is the smart move.........it would depend of the reason of the move
Maybe thats why I’m so bad at making friends
Never had that consistency in life and just learned to play with my sisters and stay indoors at home (my mom was extra paranoid about us playing outside).
My parents moved around every 3 years or so when we were younger. I hated it but the experiences and exposure into different cultures was well worth it.
But there is something to be said for consistency. I envy kids that grow up in the same town throughout their childhood. There is something nice about "where everyone knows your name", teachers recognize your siblings by the last names, you belong to one community for a significant period of time and your friendships are bound by all the years you spent together.
Would you consider your children's feelings before moving across a country? Is consistency in their lives a factor when you consider moving even across town?
I envy families whose generations stay in the same town. My dad left is birthplace when he was 14 ...I left mine at 24 ..
Maybe I'm the odd one out but I've lived in the same home since I was 7, and I only moved out late last year, about an hour or so away....I definitely didn't have any of that, nobody knows my name, no community feeling, and definitely no longtime/lasting friendships. I can see the benefit of staying in one place, when all those things are present, but since it wasn't like that for me, I guess it wouldn't matter.
I moved around SO much when I was a kid. From the ages from about 7 or 8-18 I changed about roughly 11 schools on the top of my head, atleast 7 cities in 3 countries.
At the end my parents wanted to settle where our future would be secured in terms of education etc. And thankfully it worked in the end.
