mixed children

agreed. They wont even think about race

I love my children. As long as your children are shown love and respect... who cares the color of their beautiful skin. They were created for a reason and just love them and respect them and they will grow as they should.

I was adopted, My dad is Japanese and my mom is Nigerian, I always kinda knew we were different and they were not my blood parents, but in the end it didn't matter, tell them the truth and love them, that is all parents can really do.

My sons bio dad is half white and half korean. Even though he looks more white, when he smiles or laughs you can def. tell he is mixed with something :P. I don't think he will ask, or even care for that matter. I teach my son race doesn't matter, it is just the color of our skin/ our ethnicity .. just like the color of our hair or eyes.

My little girl is mixed as well. I'm white and her father is African American and I also wonder if one day she'll start asking questions about this. She's 3 1/2 now and so far she hasn't. She did once tell me that I'm white and that daddy's black and that she's white and black, but she never questioned why.

I am black and white. My mom is white my dad is black. I never see my dad though, boo hoo lol.

My son is mixed. His dad is black and I'm white. He'll be 25 next month and has never had issues being bi-racial. Growing up most of his friends were mixed also so for the most part it was never a problem. There were a few exceptions which I dealt with promply but that was because of the area we lived in and it was over 15 years ago.

My family is mixed all over the place.

My cousins are: Mexican American/Romanian, Mexican American/Bulgarian, etc. Race is never an issue for them and I am sure it won't be for you kids either

Sometimes the kids ask. When I was little my brother used to ask why he was white and I was brown. My mom told me in a basic way and I really didn't care. What sucks about being mixed I think is how other people act. But teaching kids while they are young I think will make them be proud to be every single culture/race that they are. Being mixed is great!

what are they mixed with? I prefer my children with ice cream.

I will tell you a secret. Kids will usually differ in appearance from their parents and sometimes, each other. Unless their parents are related.

Unless you or other family members make a big deal of it, neither will they. A young woman working at a water park this summer thought my kids were lost. (They weren't, I was about 8 feet away watching this entire exchange.) She was asking them, "Is your mommy White? Is she Black?". They told her I was blue. That is what color my cover-up was that day.

See, they didn't even get her question. It didn't even occur to them that she might be talking about skin color. I teach them that we are ALL brown, in different shades. I show them how this is true. That way, when someone comes along one day to teach them the untruth they will be prepared.

Might I add, I will attack ANYONE that compliments my lighter-brown son and does not say anything about my browner son.

Totally disagree with the statement that kids will never ask questions...
my daughter was fine until she went to school. then the questions started. she's what she calls "a little bit brown" and looks NOTHING like me. Other kids ask me too...
we don't make a big deal out of it. she had her identity crisis for a few months and then it passed. just like all things.

I think this is very true. I always said that I would never lie to my kids, and I try to be as honest as I can with them being so young.

people may make your children question themselves, but being a biracial person myself, i never once thought about my parents races like that. Hopefully things are much better nowadays...bit there will probably always be some situations that may make your children feel outcast or different. But you need to make sure they know they are beautiful, and unique, and also human like everyone else. Their confidence will be a great tool for them to battle any self doubt. i hope I made sense lol

It's really not that complicated. I have a couple of bi-racial daughters and my son...who is not bi-racial. He looks less like his white parent than his sisters do (and that has nothing to do with skin colour either) lol

I also disagree that children don't ask questions. To children...EVERYTHING is trivial. They think they know everything and what they don't know...they think they will learn their first day of kindergarten lol.

2 weeks ago I went to pick up my daughter at Scouts and my daughter comes flying out of the room and hugs me. Another little girl runs out behind her and says, "WOW, you don't look anything like your mom!" :indifferent: RIGHT OUT LOUD in front of all the other parents. My daughter and I looked at each other and shrugged.

Another time, my other daughter said that she wants to be my colour and have long flowing blond hair like my sisters. I said "why the heck would you want hair that can wrap around your face/neck at night and strangle you?" She laughed...I laughed...we moved on.

Should I throw in that between my husband and I, we have 6 children in total PLUS we are raising our nephew and niece? It's like a gong show in my house :drinker: