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Parenting Abroad - Trinidad, Tobago / Caribbean - Posted: 9th Mar, 2008 - 12:30am
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How children in Trinidad and Tobago are affected by parents who reside abroad
Parenting From Abroad
As I was reading a news article in the Guardian about one of the teenagers who was murdered in an abandoned house in Barataria, it made me wonder, what is the effect that is having upon children in this country when parents decide to live in another country and leave the kids here with their grandparents or aunties or uncles while they send money or stuff for the kids in order for them to have the "nice" things. And I am speaking about those who live permanently abroad, in some cases they even have other kids in the care of other relatives. It seems to be a common trend now days. Why is this practice so prevalent and accepted in the country?
Some parents seem not to have regrets at all:
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| Mom: No regrets living in US Wanting to provide a life that perhaps she never had, Depradine's mother, Erica, has made many sacrifices for her son to be happy. Living in America for several years, Erica's time with her son was sacrificed. But, as she justified, it was all in an effort to "provide him with the best." "The things Shivonne had, I never had them as a child. "I never wore a brand name sneakers yet," Erica, also the mother of a five-year-old girl, said. But did the sacrifices she made indirectly contribute to her son's delinquent behaviour? "I am not the first and I will not be the last," Erica said, speaking from her Arouca home. "Many parents went away and their children came out good. "You can make the child but not the mind." "Even if I was here, whatever Shivonne wanted to do he would have done it anyway," Erica said. What residents said Shivonne Depradine was known to the community of Dinsley Gardens. But his fame was not for sporting activities or academic achievements. Rather, the teenager was known for cursing elderly people, throwing bottles in the road, refusing walk on the pavement to allow cars to pass and openly smoking narcotics, residents said. A resident said the teenager was also close friends with Yearwood and three other young men. "Five of them used to dress in black with red bandanas over their heads. "They moved in a clip and boasted that they were not afraid of anything or anybody," the resident said. He said Depradine also had a reputation of returning home late at nights and cursing his grandfather. |
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The boy obviously was lacking in supervision and training, probably if his mother was here things would be different but its not always like that. I've see teen boys with both parents and they still come out wayward.
Parenting From Abroad Caribbean / Tobago & Trinidad
This reminds me of the many who have come here thinking that having someone else in the family watching their children is a good thing. There is NO EXCUSE to leave the parenting of a child to someone else save for death or military duty.
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