[atouchofheaven]

my son is hispanic and AA. to me, it is no harder to raise him than any other child as far as race and culture goes. he is american, he was born here, and his bparents are from here. if he lived with them, he would still have a typical american culture. we try to integrate puerto rican food into our lives from time to time. we also celebrated three kings day. but, we celebrate and appreciate all cultures and it wouldn't matter what race our son was, we would still integrate all cultures into our lives. we have art in our house from the caribbean and from china. i am learning to speak spanish and my husband speaks chinese (he is american) and we cook thia food, mexican food, american, italian, etc. we listen to lots of worldly music as well. we just like to be cultured people. i think it's healthy for all kids to have a cultured and educated view of the world, no matter what the race.

when our son gets older, i expect some issues to come up regarding his race and identity. i think people make a bigger deal out of it than it needs to be. we'll deal with it when it comes. but so far, i don't notice any difference in the way i am parenting him than any other child i would parent. but i do live in a diverse area and have friends of different races. so i can't speak from small town, no diversity environment and i feel like others here are valid in their concerns and decisions.