The author describes their experience of relocating their family to be near their parents for support and familial ties. After five years of living in the South, they moved back to their hometown in the Midwest with their children to foster relationships with extended family. The proximity has led to more invaluable support, such as their mother caring for the children and facilitating engagements with other family members. The children are developing meaningful connections with their grandparents and an autistic uncle, which benefits everyone involved, especially the children and their uncle.
We uprooted our family and moved halfway across the country... to be near family and have help with our kids.
My spouse and I both grew up next to cousins, aunts and uncles... and it was important to us for our kids to have the same.
When we first moved, we paid my mom to be our kids' day care provider until they entered school.
It's also nice because I have a direct line to them throughout the day.
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