We all want our children to appreciate the values of life in the kin’s domain and to carry those values with them into adulthood. I want that too. Moreover, I want one of my children or grandchildren to continue improving the kin’s domain I have established. And ideally, I want all my children and grandchildren to establish their own kin’s domains or inherit their parents’ kin’s domains.
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In the context of successful succession, the kin’s settlement is secondary. What is primary is the kin’s domain itself. And this refers to a deep understanding of the kin’s domain – one that involves creating a space of love and a perfect living environment. Not just a hectare of land with a garden and a house.
Of course, the kin’s settlement is important. It makes it easier to ensure safety – a level of safety that would be impossible to achieve under other circumstances. Where there is safety, there is peace of mind. Where there is peace of mind, there is health. Moreover, if the principles of good neighborliness are observed, many issues are easier to resolve practically: clearing the road of snow in winter, making joint purchases, organizing a celebration, or improving the common area.
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Therefore, the issues of establishing kin’s settlements and fostering good neighborly relations must certainly be addressed. But in the background. That is secondary. The kin’s domain comes first. So, what do we want to pass on to a child as a legacy? First and foremost, a person – a child. What is the most important thing a person should receive during childhood? A happy childhood, the example of parental happiness, and good health. A kin’s settlement without a kin’s domain will not provide this to a child. A kin’s domain without a kin’s settlement will. And of course, it is easier to ensure a happy childhood in a large family than in a small one.
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Then a person becomes a young adult. What is the most important thing they should receive at this age? They will master 30 professions in the kin’s domain. Three more in the kin’s settlement. A healthy model of adult behavior. Again, first and foremost, from parents in the kin’s domain, not from neighbors in the kin’s settlement.
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Then a person becomes a husband or wife. What is the most important thing to receive at this age? On a material level – providing for the family. The kin’s settlement is of little help in this regard. One must rely on the parents’ experience of earning a living in the kin’s domain. A person must take over the material foundation and the very understanding of the business. Safety. Yes, undoubtedly, life in the kin’s settlement fulfills this need almost automatically and to the highest degree.
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If a person has a major undertaking or demonstrates leadership qualities, they need a team. Experience with kin’s settlements (even large ones) shows that building a team from among neighbors is unlikely. The pool of potential candidates is too small to find the right people. In other words, building a team requires interaction with the outside world. With the aim that the people found will become neighbors. On a spiritual level, an adult needs moments of insight – a true process of thinking. Here, too, the main aid is the space of love created by the parents and a perfect living environment. With this list, I am trying to show the primary role of the kin’s domain in ensuring continuity. /p>
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To illustrate, I’ll explain what I want our children to inherit from us. My wife and I are establishing a kin’s domain, the essence of which is a space of love and a perfect living environment. One of our children or grandchildren will continue to improve our kin’s domain. We’ll try to help the other children set up their own plots in the initial stage. After that, they’ll manage on their own.
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A clear understanding of both ways of life must become part of our legacy. They must understand the undeniable advantages of city life. They must understand the undeniable advantages of a well-designed living environment. They must realize the price people pay for the benefits of city life.
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I see a huge role for parents in ensuring continuity and a secondary role for neighbors. Shifting responsibility to the community is unproductive. If you lack the sense yourself, your neighbors are unlikely to help. But of course I am all for good neighborliness, joint projects, and cooperation. It’s always more peaceful when sensible people are settling down on their kin’s domains nearby.
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Vadim Karabinsky, the kin’s settlement Karelian Zalesie
