Ukrainian choreographer, participant of " As you know, from the beginning of a full-scale war, Shoptenko, together with her son, left for Austria.. However, as Alena admitted in an interview with ZhVL, it is still hard for the boy to get used to the new realities of life.. " I'm talking about those with whom I communicate in Vienna. Any Ukrainian mother visits the director every week at the institution where her child is studying. Because the narrative is the same - your child is fighting. Your child is very expressive," The dancer added that abroad they don’t always take into account the background of a child from Ukraine, that it’s hard for a child, he doesn’t know the language. " Our children and yours have completely different backgrounds.. Let's start with the fact that they are, in principle, more active, a different mentality, they are more expressive. Ending up with the kids being pulled out of their comfort zone. Children came from Ukraine. And of course that they don't understand the language. And this only coping mode. Everything is different, but my personal child, he is. He will not let himself be offended. He responds immediately physically. And we are also working on it,” said Alena.

According to the choreographer, she had to transfer her son from one kindergarten to another, and she immediately spoke to the director. " I immediately came to the director, to each teacher and said: " He is trying. Because there can be such and such moments. If you want me to explain something to him, I will gladly do it in our language so that he knows these rules and follows them further,"

Recall that earlier Alena Shoptenko spoke about her return to Kyiv and remembered how a drone was shot down in front of her eyes in the center of Kyiv.