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Originally Posted by Honeykiss1974
Good thread. I'm just thinking outloud here, but honestly, if I adopted a child that was from a different culture/ethnicity than myself, honestly, I don't think I would make a concentrated effort to expose them to whatever their heritage is - especially if their culture is something that I normally do not associate with on a regular basis. I akin it to people telling me how much they "know black culture" because they went to a Junetheenth festival one year or something along those lines. I think the child already knows that they are visually, different from the rest of the family so why reinforce it especially when it seems "forced'?
I dunno...I say all this now but who knows lol. I'm not sure how I would find that balance between true learning of one's self versus awkward attempts?
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I wonder if HoneyKiss still feels this way.
There are ways to educate and socialize children without it being forced; and it helps to educate the parent(s), as well. Not connecting your child to their race and ethnicity and nationality is a bad idea. I don't understand why a family/person would adopt a child from a particular race and ethnicity or nationality if the family/person does not associate with that race and ethnicity and nationality.