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Got to find my Daughter some friends

tonykeys2003

As I mentioned in a previous post, my 7 year old is really yearning for someone to play with. We have been living here for around 2 months. I am a single Dad, but with a Vietnamese Fiancรฉ, and we will be living as a family at the end of the year. She has children , which will help because my daughter gets on very well with them, but we only meet up every couple of weeks because I live in HCMC and she is 3 hours drive away.

I understand that a destination like Vietnam is not going to attract families as much as older or retired people, but if anyone has kids, maybe let me know how you cope with the isolation that they endure every day if they are not at school. I am home tutoring having been a primary school teacher many years ago, only because I cannot afford the school fees here. One member suggested getting out more, perhaps to Parks and Churches in order to meet locals with children of my daughters age, which we plan to do immediately, and who knows, it may turn out to be the answer.

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Lennerd

@tonykeys2003

I don't see where in HCMC you're living. There are a lot of International Schools in D2, HCMC. They are full of 7-year-olds. ISHMC, British, Saigon Pearl, German, and more are over there. There are also playgrounds on and around those campuses.


Good luck, I know how important it is to have friends when you're a child...

OceanBeach92107

As I mentioned in a previous post, my 7 year old is really yearning for someone to play with. We have been living here for around 2 months. I am a single Dad, but with a Vietnamese Fiancรฉ, and we will be living as a family at the end of the year. She has children , which will help because my daughter gets on very well with them, but we only meet up every couple of weeks because I live in HCMC and she is 3 hours drive away.
I understand that a destination like Vietnam is not going to attract families as much as older or retired people, but if anyone has kids, maybe let me know how you cope with the isolation that they endure every day if they are not at school. I am home tutoring having been a primary school teacher many years ago, only because I cannot afford the school fees here. One member suggested getting out more, perhaps to Parks and Churches in order to meet locals with children of my daughters age, which we plan to do immediately, and who knows, it may turn out to be the answer. - @tonykeys2003

I think you first have to believe that there are Vietnamese children out there who would be wonderful friends with your daughter, but also be aware that your fiance might not be very supportive in you seeking them out.


My personal experience (in Vลฉng Tร u, Quy Nhฦกn, Tam Kแปณ, ฤร  Nแบตng and Hร  Nแป™i) is that there are definitely young Vietnamese children--between the ages of 5 and 10 years old--who are already mastering basic English and fully capable of having intelligent conversations, especially with their peers.


It would require some searching on your part to locate them, and you would probably be successful in finding them through their Vietnamese mothers, and therein lies the dilemma.


If you start actively searching for these children on social media or even in your local neighborhood, the single mothers with child prodigies are going to be seriously hitting you up, even if you don't see it that way and simply see their responses as being in line with what you asked.


Your Vietnamese fiance with children is almost certainly focused on you being the new teacher for her children, in order to help her children succeed in life.


I think other long time forum users will agree with me that her focus will always be primarily on the needs of her children.


So when you start searching around for those Vietnamese playmates, be prepared for her to question why that's necessary, and why your daughter can't get what she needs from your planned marriage of families.


Good luck with your search.

Aidan in HCMC

I think you first have to believe that there are Vietnamese children out there who would be wonderful friends with your daughter, but also be aware that your fiance might not be very supportive in you seeking them out. - @OceanBeach92107


And that was the very first thing I thought of.



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