keywestsunbabe wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:50 am
Ingrid1 wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:39 am
I dont see any reason for them to go to a completely different continent for a few months in the middle of the school year. I just do not see the justification for it. They are not creating boundaries and routines for their kids and the kids are lost. Of course they aren't able to do work like usual. It is hard enough even for kids who are doing online learning from their normal home!It is so selfish for them to go on a long vacation like this just because...what? they are tired of COVID? They are tired of winter?
The whole thing is just preposterous. As someone else here said, they have nannies and their grandma with them. Homegirl should be able to manage. But leaving to another country for a few months like this for no real reason in the middle of the school year is not good for the kids on so many levels. They need routines and friends they can see. They should be focused on playing and learning and feeling safe in the middle of a pandemic, not adjusting to a completely new school, new language, new home, new everything.
I think it’s a case by case basis, because if you have smart disciplined kids (yes, you instill that from birth) you can do whatever you want. My husband,our kids and I live in Europe 1/2 the year, and when it’s winter we go to our Florida home (I don’t do winter). They go to both schools and love it. Now, they’re obviously being homeschooled. But they have consequences if they don’t do their work, etc. you know...parenting. Something valeria and Gary don’t want to do and just pay nory to do for them. Of course the kids will never see them as authority figures. They’re fun time parents. Hasn’t everyone known some rich frat boys who grew up with nannies...and seen how broken they are? That’s what’s awaiting these poor guys, who, by the way, are truly getting more and more dull and so much more behind on their peers. I mean, jake still talks like a baby at his age...
Those kids aren't even going to be "rich" frat boys, since Valeria and Gary didn't and still don't invest in their education and doubtfully would do in the future, and there's only so much scamming and youtube money one can earn without any other proper source of income and all the relentless brand shopping. So, what's awaiting those kids is actually way worse, unless they magically turn out to have good personalities, common sense and actual hard-working-ness(which already doesn't look very perspective for them, unfortunately, seeing how unparented and undisciplined they were and still are in their crucial formative years).
The latest video(q&a with Gary) also showcased just how clueless and careless they are about parenting and kids in general most of the time. There was this "highlight" story that Gary told: Jake saw people jump from the waterfall, then asked if Gary can do it and Gary did it "to show that you can do anything"( what is he, a teenager showing off?) and then Gary was absolutely shocked that Jake asked to jump too(you just showed your kid that you can do anything, and you are surprised that the kid understood it and wants to do what you just showed him???). And then he allowed Jake to jump saying that even though it's not safe but it would give the kid a good self-confidence and help him believe in himself, and then Gary was "so proud" that Jake in the end said "I think it's a bad idea" and decided not to jump, while standing on the slippery stone on top of the waterfall(of course they had video footage 
). So basically, these idiots think that the kids should be making health-threatening decisions from early childhood because parents aren't the responsible adults in the house and obviously have never heard of the concept of discipline(or children's needs, or parenting, or safety on vacations). While it's great to want your child to be confident, there are much safer ways to do it!
Really, of all the books Valeria is "reading" for her book club, she should pick up a few parenting ones - and not the ones about "how to stop feeling like a bad mother" but actually "how to be a good parent 101".
