That I *could* choose is a function of privilege. I opted not to tell my five year old about children his age being ripped from their parents and put in cages in the country we're moving to, because I don't want him to be afraid it might happen to him.
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Instead, I told him that yes, people can walk between countries, but not in Australia, because the whole country is an island. He promptly set about deciding how people could come and go in boats - and then became very concerned about poisonous sea-creatures posing a danger.
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So we talked about what types of creatures live in the sea, and he came away thinking that the biggest danger in travelling from Australia to another country was sharks. Forgive me, world. I didn't have the heart to correct him.
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the Australian perspective on land borders is also unusual, where other countries are all "over seas"
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this is also how singaporeans describe it
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