The New York Times has a Relative Choices blog that focuses on adoption and the American family. One of their bloggers is Jeff Gammage who writes about the experiences of his two daughters, both of whom were adopted from China. He recently wrote about the Chinese language and culture classes that his daughter attends, and he asks whether these classes are enough or too much.
I think this issue is pondered by all Chinese-American parents and not just those parents with adopted Chinese children. How “Chinese” do we want our children to be? Regardless of whether we send them to Chinese school, make them take erhu lessons, or learn Chinese kungfu, our Chinese-American children will never have an identical experience as those children raised in China. And that is okay.
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