What a good story!
HaHa! Kids are especially good at this. They often tell you something different than what you expect them to. So this could be a lesson in anticipation.
I guess I'm more on the side of the materially rather poor people. It is no problem for me personally. Sometimes I think about money because I want to save something for my son. So that he can afford a trip and a stay in a foreign country. The stranger, the better. However, I think if he can just get on a plane, pay for his stay and be there without any obstacle: what's gained? Certainly not everything is a waste of time. He gets to know another language and culture etc. -
I have to think of the story of a young man who set off on a bicycle, the title of his journey was: "Saving Papua New Guinea by not cycling there."
He cycled for many weeks from Germany via Austria, Turkey, India, Tibet and from there to China, because there were difficulties with the entry or a country he would have had to pass through to get to Papua New Guinea. At some point he lost his bike, walked many miles, had difficulties with his passport in China, managed to get from there to Kazakhstan and eventually by boat back to Germany. The ship he took were run by a drunken crew from which he was amused and scared at the same time.
He never reached Papua New Guinea. But his travel video was of such captivating depth that I have never forgotten it. I wish for young people to have experiences from which they emerge strong and mature. As parents one must be strong and let them find their way ... giving them wings and confidence to make the right decisions when the going gets tough.
Interesting story. That also allows reflection.
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