Leaving your kids behind..............

[jimrie]

Hi, thought Id write to say hi finally been reading all the post for weeks and found some really interesting comments on here. Oh and kids have been writing posts for a while now. We are hoping to move to oz next year not sure where yet wouldnt mind Perth or Brisbane, Im looking forward to moving most of the time but I will be leaving my daughter and grandson in the uk not looking forward to that but she tells me to go cause she would if she could!! Will still be bringing 3 other kids with me 17 year old 10 and 11 months mind 17 year old keeps changing his mind Well Im sure I will have lots of things to ask you all so i will be back! Thanks all Julie, Dave and tribe x

[debbie2302]

Originally Posted by jimrie

Hi, thought Id write to say hi finally been reading all the post for weeks and found some really interesting comments on here. Oh and kids have been writing posts for a while now. We are hoping to move to oz next year not sure where yet wouldnt mind Perth or Brisbane, Im looking forward to moving most of the time but I will be leaving my daughter and grandson in the uk not looking forward to that but she tells me to go cause she would if she could!! Will still be bringing 3 other kids with me 17 year old 10 and 11 months mind 17 year old keeps changing his mind Well Im sure I will have lots of things to ask you all so i will be back! Thanks all Julie, Dave and tribe x

Hi Julie

Firstly would like to welcome you to PIO. This is the best site ever, dont know what I would do without it, you get so much information and I have made some lovely friends also.

I too am like yourself, I will be leaving my eldest daughter here in the UK, she is 21, heartbreaking as it is, I have to think of my other 3 children and what kind of lifestyle we will be giving them.

Anyway ask away, there will always be someone on here who will be able to answer any of your questions.

Good luck with your journey.

[Curlysoo]

Hi to Julie & Debbie ...I am leaving both of mine behind , they are allegedly adults at 29 & 24 ..... but I live in hope that they will follow us out, daughter is a student nurse who is coming out to Oz at Christmas for a "reccy", my son and his partner are expecting their first baby and have now changed their minds from "NEVER" to ..well maybe ...so only time will tell.

Keep your fingers crossed for me!

[debbie2302]

Hi Sue

Will certainly keep my fingers crossed that your family follow you out to oz. I too am hoping that once we are living out there that when my daughter comes over to visit she will decide she wants to stay.

We can live in hope.

[nurse sue]

Originally Posted by jimrie

Hi, thought Id write to say hi finally been reading all the post for weeks and found some really interesting comments on here. Oh and kids have been writing posts for a while now. We are hoping to move to oz next year not sure where yet wouldnt mind Perth or Brisbane, Im looking forward to moving most of the time but I will be leaving my daughter and grandson in the uk not looking forward to that but she tells me to go cause she would if she could!! Will still be bringing 3 other kids with me 17 year old 10 and 11 months mind 17 year old keeps changing his mind Well Im sure I will have lots of things to ask you all so i will be back! Thanks all Julie, Dave and tribe x

I to have left a son (20) in the uk 2 others came with me 17 yr old and 13 they have settled well in only 5 weeks they msn there brother lots of calls to all family the first week but my 17 is out more than in lots of friends and in his card this morning (Mothers day in OZ) he thanked me for the new start in his life. Am sure your daughter will be able to visit It is difficult if you are a close knit famuily but you have to think you are doing this to try and give them a better start in life. Hope all goes well

[ali]

Hi and welcome to PIO - as you can see there's a few on here who have been in a similar situation (and as few more who haven't responded yet).

Good luck

Ali

[jimrie]

hi, thanks for all your replies, I no its not going to be easy to leave them but like you say she can come visit and maybe she will love it to! I just hope my 17 year old settles as well as yours Sue, hes just worried about leaving his friends we have told him his friends can come visit so at this rate we will have a house full of 17 year olds!!!! At least my 10 year old cant wait to go and my 11 month old dosnt no any difference so 2 out of 3 aint bad..... thanks again Julie, Dave, Jake, Chloe and Tyler x

[lyndy]

hi all of you leaving your kids behind , we are moving out to sydney in september from south of england i will be leaving behind my 24 year old son & grandson which is ok as i know they will visit and hopefully move out later but my partner is leaving behind his 11 year old daughter who lives with her mum , he is really worried that he wont be able to handle not seeing her regularly although he knows she would come out for long holidays , im worried he,l have to come back and it would tear us apart ,even though he knows the move would be best for everyone in the long run. MY other 2 boys are coming with me aged 13 & 17, im hoping they will settle quickly .good luck to all you brave people .....lyndy..

[jogrant3232]

Hi Guys and welcome to PIO, We are leaving 3 kids and 2 grandkids. We hope that once they come to visit they will want to come out to, but at the end of the day they have there lifes to lead and we have ours.