Please read and help me.
There is one thing which has been bothering me for almost two years. That is the only reason I registered at WENXUECITY so I post this message.
We moved into this subdivision a few years ago, my kid (10 year old now) used to play with our back-to-back neighbor'(American) s kid for a few time. Sometime ago, when I was chatting with that kid's mom, she was telling me that her child is very good at math and etc, then she asked me "how is your child doing at school?" As most of Chinese parents, I am not used to bragging my children in front of people, so in a kind of joking way, I said "well, he is kind of into computer games these days"...... since then, they never let their son come over play anymore...
Actually, my son is a very gentle and good at school. He is not very aggressive and social type, but he does have several friends to play with after school or on weekend. Plus He never showed very strong interests in playing with that kid also.
But I have been feeling guilty all the time. Due to the culture gap, sometimes I am confused about what is the right way to help kid to socialize. I wonder if our neighbor had some misunderstanding about my child due to what I said. Not sure how to make this up.....With busy career in academic, I am not able to be involved in as many school activities as I would like to, and worst of all I had to put my child in day care when he was very very little...I wish I could be a better mom..
Any advice would be appreciated...
