I was a military brat. Every 2-3 years my father was transferred and the entire family moved. My siblings and I learned to be resilient and flexible when adapting to new situations. I learned to be respectful of different cultures and regional preferences. By the time I entered college I understood economic and social class differences much better than other college students who grew up in one sheltered community with a narrow set of friends. We learned to make relationships and preserve relationships across distance and time. Over 40 years later I still correspond and visit good friends I made at various military installations around the country.
From my life experience I’ve always had a difficult time understanding parents who want to shelter and protect their children from the “change” associated with a relocation. I’ve seen many managers and executives turn down job opportunities because they didn’t want to put their children through the trauma of a move. Others have accepted a distant assignment with one spouse staying in place with the children and the second spouse living in the new location and seeing the rest of the family on the weekend or less frequently. While some families cope well with the commuting situation, I’ve seen many marriages collapse, or teenage children experience drug addiction and pregnancy, when the family is dealing with the stress and disruption of one parent living outside the household.
We forget that children can be resilient when they are not coddled. In the formative years of our nation families moved from other continents to American, leaving behind forever relatives and friends. Once here for a few years, many uprooted again heading west for the frontier, again leaving friends and family behind. Children learned to be self reliant, adaptable, and emotionally strong.
I hope for Mr. Trump and his family the desire to shelter Barron doesn’t result in Barron becoming another “snowflake” unable to deal with life outside his protected bubble. Mr. Trump will have extreme stress in his new job where he would benefit from having the love and companionship of his family supporting him daily. Trump has already experienced two failed marriages and his decision making will not benefit from marital and family stress. Perhaps once the school year is complete, the Melania and Barron will move to Washington.
So...because your normal was a military “brat” whose family moved every 2-3 years. Well...good for you and it worked out. That was your “normal”...it was all you were used to..
I know kids that grew up in that environment - some turned out incredibly well...some not so much.
Here’s the rub - your “normal” is not the normal for the Trump family. They don’t move every 2-3 years.
I suggest you treasure your experiences...and let the Trump family decide on what’s best for them. Period.
Roger that. I can fully associate with your experience. I went to Guam when I was 3 months old. Way back in ‘47! Yikes. Lucky for me the population hadn’t grown to near the ‘tipping point’ at that time. Shortest time at one location was a year. Longest 4 years. Dad was a career Naval officer. He swore me in to the Navy when I was 20. I only did one hitch (4 different ships in one tour?). But, having traveled so much gave me a pretty good world view. You are correct that you learn a lot about different cultures and ways which most kids today have no idea about. I turned out ok. Well, at least I think so. Others, not so much. LOL!
Their lives, their choices.
The other Trump children (adults) seem to have turned out well, just guessing but I am sure Barron will also if his father has anything to do with it. JMHO
Is there a single school in Washington D C where Baron wouldn’t be bullied because of his father? The elites of DC are overwhelmingly (maybe 99%) liberal. The Obama daughters were adored and fawned over. It would be very different for Barron.