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[quote=Anonymous]Here is what my ASIAN family does:

Me:  
- I played lacrosse, soccer, basketball and tennis in school.  Now I play recreational soccer.
- I love listening to classical music (wished my parents had the money to get me private piano lessons!), but instead I play the guitar.
- I listen to radio shows, like Kane morning show, that I would never allow my young kids to hear.
- I am an easy going parent, but at the same time I discourage my kids from using the word "can't" when they are too intimidated to want to learn some new skills.  Does that make me into some crazy overbearing mother then?
- I love to cook and eat thai, italian, french, chinese, vietnamese, indian and american food.
- We speak mostly English at home.  I wished we would speak more of my native tongue and I am trying to motivate myself to relearn my native language.

My kids:
- They know no difference between colored friends.  They hold no preconceived notion and it is sweet and incredibly endearing.  Their friends are the same way.  My 4yo son, however, think girls are a little icky but secretly likes their pink dresses.
- My sons love to dabble with the drums (DH plays this!), the violin (DH plays this also!) and the piano.
- They like soccer, gymnastics, basketball and ice-skating/hockey and think kung fu are for thugs that want to kick people in the stomach.
- My older son takes spanish classes, but eventually I would not mind if he takes Chinese classes as well.

So I don't understand why it is relevant to be tunneled vision.  Yes, my kids categorically are asian and are associated with the piano, violin, gymnastics, ice-skating and workbooks.  Then again, so are my non-asian neighbors' kids.  My kids are also doing other things, like basketball, soccer, spanish, museums, aquariums, and whatever else we find to be fun and educational.

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