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[quote=Anonymous]In my husband's Asian immigrant family, it's considered normal to host extended relatives, sometimes for long periods of time, and to send money back to the old country. Heck, my husband not only hosts people but has also partially financed the law degree of a distant relative he's never met!

I find it uncomfortable at times, but I've tolerated it because the people who came were all very nice and low-maintenance, and it's true we're wealthier than the relatives who didn't make it out during the war.

But hosting a child you don't know, without their parent, without same-aged kids doing the same activities will make you worried, I bet. The relative fails to realize that kids here are scheduled up to their necks, and that yours aren't going to hang around with their cousin. Unless they're prepared to do so, and show him the area, the metro, the museums, go for ice cream, go to the pool, etc?

I'm a pushover and I like to enhance family bonding, so if finances permit, I'd offer to take the kid only during your vacation travel period, so you're all guaranteed to always be around him all the time, and improve his English![/quote]

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