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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How to be cool.  Seriously.  City kids are comfortable in all situations and have a confidence and swagger that stays with them.

Sadly I couldn’t convince DH to stay in the city.  We still see friends from our kids’ old schools and they are so self-assured and cool compared to my sweet, sheltered kids.  [/quote]

This is so not true.   :lol: [/quote]

It is my my experience.  We know lots of city kids and lots of suburban kids.  Do you? [/quote]

NP. I’m raising kids in NYC right now and the kids here are no more or less “cool” than any other kids. For the most part, the kids are here because their parents have jobs that tie them to the city. Public school teachers, lighting tech at the Met Opera, quants at a bank, attorneys at agencies, nonprofits, biglaw. Yes, the kids know how to board a city bus and how to get around the city, but they’re no more or less cool than anyone else.  The parents are a mix of NYC native and not, and you wouldn’t be able to ID who’s in which group.[/quote]

I'm inclined to agree as a fellow parent raising kids in NYC (I was raised in the suburbs), though I think my kids are way more comfortable with the idea/necessity of sharing and waiting. They share a room, they wait for their turn at the playground, we give away toys and pick up toys from stoops bc everyone has too small a living space to store things forever. I guess, no surprise, they're living a more communal life than I ever did in the suburbs. It's obviously not everyone's ideal (people move to the suburbs to avoid pretty much everything I just mentioned) but I do think it fosters a type of adaptability and understanding that is helpful, in general, when dealing with others throughout life.[/quote]

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