Well, LA.... I will definitely argue the importance of having the stability of a long term pier group and connection to a community. If you feel it is in a Childs best interest to uproot them, pull them away from their friends, school curriculum, teachers, school and community activities, then we will have to simply agree to disagree. I see it very differently. Perhaps that is based on the excellent schools and community my daughter and I live in. If we were located in Detroit or Compton, perhaps my views would be different.
To bring things into perspective, your children have moved 5 times in their 20+ years? My daughter just turned 7 years old this week, and her Mom is preparing to move for the 3rd time since BD, a little under 1 year ago today. Wife has already contacted the school, and she was upset to hear that they won't transport daugther to the next town over, where W and OM are currently living! If you will recall earlier in my sitch, I filed for divorce because W was threatening to take daughter into Canada to live. This isn't something I am willing pretend "might not" happen. I feel it most definitely will at some point, not a risk I am willing to take so that I can keep a fluffy happy relationship with my Ex W. I do not want my child to be drug around like a purse, to every household and boyfriend that W encounters. That is not a worry that I have. That is something that is happening RIGHT NOW in my sitch, and I don't feel it is in my daughters best interest.