I can't see us holding on to Jett, can you? Surely he wants to be in Sydney with his family, and all the waves they're making.
At first I thought the same thing. We were being treated like the nest of the bird that raises the Cuckoo chick.
Then I came to an idea. What if the reason he left home is because he wanted to. What if he doesn't get along with his Brother or one of his parents.
A very common thing in families, what if he is the black sheep of the family? Maybe he loves being apart from a home life where people argue all the time?
It is not for us to know, but that happens sometimes, it could just be we are the lucky end of the stick, and that NZ was not just chosen because it is familiar....maybe NZ was his choice because it is far away.
I know it can be hard as a parent if you have an elder child who is gifted, it gets hard on the younger ones, accusations of favoritism or expecting the same standards etc.
Excuse the rant but it is one I have had for a while but kept to myself because there could be nothing in it and it comes across as Gossip.