The reaction of the orphans was to be expected, but the pain should pass, with time. I'm sure Prince will be a wonderful father to Mikey. Let's only hope he exposes himself less to violence, so he can continue being a good father to Mikey for the years to come.

Did my Prince made mistake from the start and unwillingly gave them false hope?

I do not think he made a mistake, but I do believe there was a great deal of pressure and influence from the staff.

In my experience young children do not think with that sort of logic (BUT adults do!)

he can learn that “No” means: you aren’t allowed to do that.

Our job as parents is to protect a child from getting killed.  One important factor is that they must learn that if we say NO!! we mean well for them.

When a child is running towards a busy street and a parent yells NO!!,   the survivor is the child that has learned the meaning of that word.

I'm sure the kids will come around and realize they were hasty in the decision one day.

Usually when we put Elena on her stomach she gets really frustrated but she's learning. She has been studying her hands as well and is able to grab things now and put them in her mouth.   She also makes a lot of noises too and we talk to her normally both in spanish and english. She also like to pet the fabric on the shirts we all wear it's so cute always when she conducts her study of the world around her. 

Matching tattoos huh? I can't remember if I read about it in a past diary entry or not. ?

5 hours ago, Tirloque said:

The reaction of the orphans was to be expected, but the pain should pass, with time. I'm sure Prince will be a wonderful father to Mikey. Let's only hope he exposes himself less to violence, so he can continue being a good father to Mikey for the years to come.

> Thanks, Trilog. Well, I wish the same, but you know the reasons and causes when and why he is violent. I strongly believe that his way of dealing with bullies and jerks won't affect on his relationship with Mikey and that he will explain to him the difference between being the bully and defending bullied. He is very good in reasoning and he has charisma. I'm not worried for his and Mikey's future at all, but thanks for saying your opinion.

3 hours ago, dharvinia said:

I do not think he made a mistake, but I do believe there was a great deal of pressure and influence from the staff.

In my experience young children do not think with that sort of logic (BUT adults do!)

 

he can learn that “No” means: you aren’t allowed to do that.

Our job as parents is to protect a child from getting killed.  One important factor is that they must learn that if we say NO!! we mean well for them.

When a child is running towards a busy street and a parent yells NO!!,   the survivor is the child that has learned the meaning of that word.

> Maybe you've right. We don't know if someone from the orphanage spoiled their minds. I know what my loves told me when they visited kids last time and saw the pictures of him and Mikey. They didn't like it and they felt "threatened".

> Agree. "No" has positive characteristics as well as "Yes" if applied in concrete situations that serve to protect them from harming themselves and others. This is how it should be.

1 hour ago, Jayomms said:

I'm sure the kids will come around and realize they were hasty in the decision one day.

 

Usually when we put Elena on her stomach she gets really frustrated but she's learning. She has been studying her hands as well and is able to grab things now and put them in her mouth.   She also makes a lot of noises too and we talk to her normally both in spanish and english. She also like to pet the fabric on the shirts we all wear it's so cute always when she conducts her study of the world around her. 

 

Matching tattoos huh? I can't remember if I read about it in a past diary entry or not. ?

> I wish it too. Who knows, maybe they will realize they were harsh, maybe they won't. In any case, my Prince will receive them in with forgiveness and love.

>   MIkey likes to be put in the bad with his face won. He likes to sleep on his tummy and he only changes the side of his head. I think you are doing great job talking to Elena in both languages. She needs to know her roots. My mom, dad and Zdenka will teach him Italian when the time comes and he will not have a problem to learn it because great majority in our city speaks Italian.

> Aw, you "shocked" me now It is true I didn't write about our tattoos too often but I'm surely mentioned it several times in my diaries last two summers. My Prince has it on his left chest, and my Ivy and I have it on our left scapula.   We expose it whenever we can so people will see it well. The first summer when we walked in down time, people's reaction was mostly positive. But, we do not wear it because we care about their opinions, but as a "visible" oath and "reminder" to ourselves that we can't live without each other.

3 hours ago, EvalovesEP said:

> I wish it too. Who knows, maybe they will realize they were harsh, maybe they won't. In any case, my Prince will receive them in with forgiveness and love.

 

>   MIkey likes to be put in the bad with his face won. He likes to sleep on his tummy and he only changes the side of his head. I think you are doing great job talking to Elena in both languages. She needs to know her roots. My mom, dad and Zdenka will teach him Italian when the time comes and he will not have a problem to learn it because great majority in our city speaks Italian.

 

> Aw, you "shocked" me now It is true I didn't write about our tattoos too often but I'm surely mentioned it several times in my diaries last two summers. My Prince has it on his left chest, and my Ivy and I have it on our left scapula.   We expose it whenever we can so people will see it well. The first summer when we walked in down time, people's reaction was mostly positive. But, we do not wear it because we care about their opinions, but as a "visible" oath and "reminder" to ourselves that we can't live without each other.

I have small traces of Italian and French in my blood and my cousin is half Italian as well. I can understand bits and pieces of Italian because of how similar to Spanish it is. 

3 hours ago, Jayomms said:

I have small traces of Italian and French in my blood and my cousin is half Italian as well. I can understand bits and pieces of Italian because of how similar to Spanish it is. 

> Yes, Italian and Spanish are similar languages. Well, if my son will be willing to learn, we would teach him English and pay someone to teach him German too. Too bad my Prince never learn his mother language - German and he has no desire to learn it. His grandpa would be very sad if he would be alive because it is a tradition. Our parents won't let this happen with Mikey. They will teach him Italian.