Nikki wonders if her mother abandoned Mother Rita. She also asks herself if “Southern mothers feel a particular betrayal when their children go north.” What’s your take on children leaving home, particularly those that move far away from their parents?

Book Clubs Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
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Nikki wonders if her mother abandoned Mother Rita. What’s your opinion? She also asks herself if “Southern mothers feel a particular betrayal when their children go north.” (p. 147). What’s your take on children leaving home, particularly those that move far away from their parents?

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While its not easy, we should be raising our children to be independent and choose their direction. Once grandchildren enter the picture it definitely becomes harder

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Parents should raise their children to become self sufficient and make their own way in the world. Back then it was common for grown children to stay close to where they were raised. Not the way now. Children have to move to where they can make a living, consideration has to be given to where a spouse needs to be and they need to find a place where they are comfortable raising their own children.