One of the first things I noticed in Brazil was children running around loose in restaurants, with everyone smiling at them like it was a normal thing. It was! "Que gracinha," everyone said. "How cute." One of my first clues I wasn't in Kansas anymore.
Reading this and your previous post was like reliving when my babies were babies. There was such a struggle between the two cultures about how to raise children, and me in the middle having to manage all of them as well as raising MY children.
It was quite a negotiation. Do you think we should have a prize in diplomacy, or (in my case) contained volcanic explosions that didn't quite reach the level of Pompei. But almost.
One of the first things I noticed in Brazil was children running around loose in restaurants, with everyone smiling at them like it was a normal thing. It was! "Que gracinha," everyone said. "How cute." One of my first clues I wasn't in Kansas anymore.
Very similar in Portugal. Quite honestly, I found it a bit disruptive at first. Then I had my own...
Reading this and your previous post was like reliving when my babies were babies. There was such a struggle between the two cultures about how to raise children, and me in the middle having to manage all of them as well as raising MY children.
It was quite a negotiation. Do you think we should have a prize in diplomacy, or (in my case) contained volcanic explosions that didn't quite reach the level of Pompei. But almost.
What was the biggest beef you had?
So many beefs: bedtimes, soup (and yoghurt), lanche that I didn’t want them to have 5 mins before supper, cold vs hot (water, air, ice cream).
My explosions were severely punished with weeks of coventry and amuo, and worse, from the mil.
Oh I hated being sent to Coventry! I’d prefer just to talk about it. But actually, my H was sent more than I was. 😜 😂