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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 566346" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Oh DDD, that is a truly heart-rending story. How cruel life can be!</p><p>Well, it's J's birthday next Monday, as it goes and we're going to England for a few days to see my mother. My brother who lives in the States will also, coincidentally, be there and we will take J somewhere for a treat on the day, something he'll like. J really wants to see my mother to whom he is very attached but I think I partly did this to get out of the whole birthday party thing... he did have one last year, at a fast food restaurant, and kids came but honestly it's stressful - knowing that the parents "disapprove" of J or at least of his behaviour and don't really want their kids to be friends with him. Horrible, but true - even though they have nothing against J himself and would never be nasty to him directly. </p><p>At any rate... it has really clarified one thing for me. I want to return to Morocco to live and for J to grow up there. Blow the wretched nationality thing - we will find a way round it in future. I'm going to do all I can to fight the rejected British nationality application for him anyway. No impulse decisions - we will stay out the academic year here and I will put in a maximum of planning and preparation. But J needs to grow up with an identity and a sense of belonging and it will not be found here. I am not thinking Morocco will be some kind of paradise - of course that does not exist on the earth - but he has a better chance of finding his mark there. And it is where and who he really is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 566346, member: 11227"] Oh DDD, that is a truly heart-rending story. How cruel life can be! Well, it's J's birthday next Monday, as it goes and we're going to England for a few days to see my mother. My brother who lives in the States will also, coincidentally, be there and we will take J somewhere for a treat on the day, something he'll like. J really wants to see my mother to whom he is very attached but I think I partly did this to get out of the whole birthday party thing... he did have one last year, at a fast food restaurant, and kids came but honestly it's stressful - knowing that the parents "disapprove" of J or at least of his behaviour and don't really want their kids to be friends with him. Horrible, but true - even though they have nothing against J himself and would never be nasty to him directly. At any rate... it has really clarified one thing for me. I want to return to Morocco to live and for J to grow up there. Blow the wretched nationality thing - we will find a way round it in future. I'm going to do all I can to fight the rejected British nationality application for him anyway. No impulse decisions - we will stay out the academic year here and I will put in a maximum of planning and preparation. But J needs to grow up with an identity and a sense of belonging and it will not be found here. I am not thinking Morocco will be some kind of paradise - of course that does not exist on the earth - but he has a better chance of finding his mark there. And it is where and who he really is. [/QUOTE]
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