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[quote=Anonymous]We moved to DC last fall from a pretty dense urban area where most of our friends lived in apartments, as we did there.

Now we're in a new apartment in downtown DC. Most of the kids in her class (she's in third grade) apparently live in houses. Apartment living never bothered her in the past, but she's suddenly become very embarrassed by it, to the point where she doesn't want to ask friends over. (Which puts us in an odd position, not being able to host others' kids after they have hosted ours.)

As far as I can tell, none of her friends or adults have teased her about living in an apartment. She's just noticed it, in this new context, and says she "feels poor now." (We're not: just middle-class people in an expensive city. We have no plans to buy a house here - can't afford one, and we likely will not be here for more than a few years.)

Anyone dealt with this before? Do kids get over the "embarrassed" feeling after a while? Anything you can do to make them feel more secure?

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