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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am an Indian immigrant. Kids were born here.  Since this is a different culture than what I was raised in, I have paid a lot of attention in fostering a very diverse (racially and country of origin) group of friends for them.  In our neighborhood and the schools (public magnets) most of their friends parents are also immigrants from around the world and while they all are from different cultures, in their own ways they are focussed towards the academics, EC family and cultural education of their children.

There is a lot of emphasis on skill-building, delegation of duties, focus on health, academics, collaborative work, learning a foreign language, playing a musical instrument, involvement in sports etc.  Most of the families are UMC and traditional - heterosexual, college educated, married biological parents and white collar jobs.

The emphasis on family, socializing, education and ECs,  coupled with a core group of diverse friends doing leisure activities together,  and the constant supervision of parents - does not leave our children with too much time to get into other mischief.  They are also getting a lot of positive reinforcement and dopamine kick from their own achievements and doing well.

All of this is well and good, but our entire lives are molded to serve and educate our children in a way that they are happy, healthy and succeeding.   [/quote]

So basically you mold your lives around raising your children and your immediate family.  Um, yeah, that’s very American.  Don’t beat your children and contribute to society and most people will welcome you to being American.[/quote]

This. But you can’t be homophobic either [/quote]

Or racist or classist. And shut up about things in your home country. There. Are we clear?[/quote]

Huh? What is wrong with you? No wonder your kids back talk get out as soon as they can[/quote]

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