Posted by Dinah on November 3, 2005, at 8:40:51
In reply to Re: Is it fair to move my son?, posted by Dinah on November 1, 2005, at 7:41:58
He's in a temporary school right now till his regular school reopens.
But we're giving serious consideration to the idea of moving somewhere where hurricanes don't have a major impact, and if we do, he'll have to start over in a new school.
There is plenty of evidence that he has a hard time making friends in new situations. To some extent it's because of his personality, such that he does better with adults than children. But he's also got a few not so great social skills. We're going to try to work on that no matter where he goes.
I really hate to unroot him and place him in a situation where it will take a fair amount of time for him to develop a network of friends. And that's probably especially true because of my own experiences. True, I certainly hope that I'm a better parent than either of mine, and more sensitive to his distress. But in some ways he's even more vulnerable than I was.
Right now we're leaning towards deciding we can't do it, and that we're stuck here for at least another eight hurricane seasons.
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