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[quote=Anonymous]It is possible to get to a village. It’s hard when kids are young because everyone is tied up in their demands and you don’t necessarily have the day to day interactions that build closer friendships between families. Once our kids were in the local elementary school, it got a better - though we did make a big effort to spend time with out in the neighborhood, at school events, at the pool, volunteering as couches, offering to carpool/watch other kids to get there. Tomorrow DH is traveling and I have a work event, and I have 3 other families helping watch and carpool my kids - and more on backup if I need it. I’m lucky to live in a neighborhood where that is the norm (probably helps that we don’t have endless resources to outsource things, so everyone recognizes the value of the village).[/quote]
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