tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886388816122716313.post1719600496162821700..comments2023-11-02T09:07:45.955-07:00Comments on A Balancing Act: A Parent's Struggle for Balance - part IPadmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850048062366958761noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886388816122716313.post-79626410699340717412009-04-16T09:13:00.000-07:002009-04-16T09:13:00.000-07:00I understand your position all too well.
My mother...I understand your position all too well.<br />My mother still gives me a hard time when she speaks to me in Spanish and I answer in English. I am the first to be born in the USA in my entire family line and as much as my mother tried to give me the culture and language of Venezuela, only a small amount stuck. <br />Now as a parent, it is difficult for our multi-racial, multi-religion extended family of grandparents, parents, and children to blend all of the cultures as they get challenged by "American Pop Culture". <br /><br />I would hope that many children that start out like I did, looking at culture as something our parents try to give us as an identity, grow into adults that really understand where we came from and how it fits in with where we are now in the context of a much smaller and more connected global community.<br /><br />"Don't give up" :)MagusNethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03184062584461758141noreply@blogger.com