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Reply to "The "village". Why communal child rearing doesn't translate easily to American culture. "
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[quote=Anonymous]I have a mini village with my parents. They do a lot of childcare, driving, and are trusted adults. I'm an immigrant and came during my teens. It is so not easy managing expectations of the other generation with my own parenting and my husbands parenting styles. It's worth it for my kids, but it's a lot and communication is challenging and I always have to think how my family's plans affect my parents and what they need and what we need. But hey, free childcare and overnights etc and my kids get a ton of time with them and actively ask when they will see them when we are on vacation just with our nuclear family. We are lucky to align in politics, educational values and general parenting focus but still had to work through a lot of differences and how to manage. Once kids are old enough to advocate for themselves, as long as the non parent caregivers respect them it's been fine. [/quote]
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