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I know what my kids are thinking because they told me time and again, "Y'all can stop it now. We don't want to go to the Filipino dinners, the Japanese parades, etc. We want to play with our friends/go out with our boyfriends/ eat hot dogs and hamburgers and we never ever want to see another noodle."
We were the poster parents for learning about diversity, our children's cultures, putting up art and collecting things from their countries. In educating pre-adoptive parents, we told them this was important.
We've hosted 10 exchange students, most from our children's countries. Our children privately told us that they were glad they hadn't grown up in our students' birth countries; they liked America just fine.
And what do we have? Adult children who love to listen to country music (we don't!), joined NPCs and had a great time, date guys of whatever culture they want, in short--they're like anyone else.
And the only time I ever think about them being non-white anymore is when I think, "It would be wonderful to have that heavy, shiny, raven hair."
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