>>That's good, if the adults are competent and he feels comfortable stepping down a bit.<<
Well attatched to parents and a few other adult relatives, which gives...at least five or six attatchments (useful, since a bunch of them have 'always on duty'esque jobs).
The problem isn't resources (wealthy family) or negligence, but social/emotional stuff:
Kid and Relative long-lost siblings who bonded very strongly before they knew they were related. Then Relative got very badly hurt right before they figured out they were related. Also, since there is a language/culture divide Kid is basically being a Big Brother Mentor/Translator Buddy.
So, strong bond + traumatic experience + ECR to actually finding each other + complicated needs...
So the parents and Kid have a talk, and the age-appropriate help is 'be friends and be a role model.' Which they'd likely keep doing anyway, and is actually a very effective way to teach a new language and culture rules...
I also got tired of fantasy adventure stories never having irritating language barriers or having to work through cultural misunderstandings. So there's a bunch of different variations re: resources, familiar cultural context, ability to communicate, balancing needs and cultural expectations, being unable vs unwilling to communicate etc.
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Date: 2021-11-24 05:42 am (UTC)Well attatched to parents and a few other adult relatives, which gives...at least five or six attatchments (useful, since a bunch of them have 'always on duty'esque jobs).
The problem isn't resources (wealthy family) or negligence, but social/emotional stuff:
Kid and Relative long-lost siblings who bonded very strongly before they knew they were related. Then Relative got very badly hurt right before they figured out they were related. Also, since there is a language/culture divide Kid is basically being a Big Brother Mentor/Translator Buddy.
So, strong bond + traumatic experience + ECR to actually finding each other + complicated needs...
So the parents and Kid have a talk, and the age-appropriate help is 'be friends and be a role model.' Which they'd likely keep doing anyway, and is actually a very effective way to teach a new language and culture rules...
I also got tired of fantasy adventure stories never having irritating language barriers or having to work through cultural misunderstandings. So there's a bunch of different variations re: resources, familiar cultural context, ability to communicate, balancing needs and cultural expectations, being unable vs unwilling to communicate etc.