What have we done? Do people make a move and not know what they are doing to their children? Does it matter what age their children are when they move? Does it affect them more at a younger or older age?. Or do parents just do what is best for the family? In the past decade, opportunities had arisen for families to be financially set, and most leaped at such an opportunity, but what about the kids? Did they ruin their friendships with the other children they grew up with for that year or two or three? Or have they provided a better future for them and the opportunity to make more friends and become more social. Growing up in the 70's, most families didn't move from home to home, that was just unheard of. In fact, those families that did move into your neighborhood, were usually from out of state, and it was very rare. However, those kids seemed to be fine and even more sociable, I guess they had to be, they had to make new friends. I couldn't even imagined that when I was kid. I was absolutely terrified with the thought of moving. Kids in those days had tons of friends on the block and they played for hours and hours (not to mention the fact that they didn't have to come home until dark). Streets were (somewhat safer) and we didn't have to worry too much about "chesters".

We hung out all day and night and built friendships and memories along the way. But would our kids even know the difference, do we just think they do because we grew up in a different era. Are we beating ourselves up for nothing? Unfortunately as much as we want to believe, our kids aren't going to live the same life we lived. They are going to live their own life and adapt themselves and make their own memories and new friendships along their way. It's just how it is.

But in recent times families seem to focus on the "more factor" bigger houses, fancier cars, better lawns, yada yada yada. And, in light of the recent economical crash now those dreams of being financially set have gone down the drain and now they are forced to move again. Setting the kids up for more disappointment of perhaps losing a potentially life long friend and starting all over. It's all how you look at it, maybe their character will be strengthened and become a more independent person and learn how to adapt to change. Isn't that what we all are doing? Adapting to change? Trying to get a job, a meal, a place to lay your head? So you be the judge, who is right or wrong?