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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our girls spent the first  5 years of their lives with us on assignments abroad in the developing world. They understood about washing food and not eating street food, hand washing,  hand sanitizer, etc. Didn't see their grandparents much. Hid in the safe room during the riots. They're fine.

Foreign service families talk about raising resilient kids who are adaptable and flexible.  It is seen as an opportunity to develop kids with these stre7. Your kids aren't fragile. They're not made of glass.[/quote]

This is a snapshot of your life in the developing world: secured compounds, surrounded by your own kind, international schools, first-rate access.  Maids, nannies and drivers bc labor is so cheap over there.

You should know the rest of the world is laughing at you for using this life as a training ground for raising "resilient kids".   The real training ground for your resilience is when you return stateside and have to digest reality that you aren't special anymore.[/quote]

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