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my son is 2 and he notices-he will sit in my lap and pat my skin(white!) and then pat his..and look at it quizzically. He also points to darker, or latino kids in books and stories and pictures and say "D!" (his name is Diego, and he calls himself D) and point to little girls who are fair, and blonde "Abs!" (his cousin is named Abigail and is white) so I think for now, he likens each darker child to him, and lighter kids for his cousin. She is 2.5 and one day he and she were outside running in the sprinklers naked (potty training!) and she stopped and pointed to his skin, and then hers and gleefully said "hey! you are brown, and I am white!" and ran off again. To me, I was proud that to them, the difference is the norm so far. (his cousin lives with us right now as well) But I am waiting for the question as to WHY next.. so, I will get some good answers from this forum as always.
Cynthia
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