Differences

The one thing you can always rely on is that everybody is different, that everybody knows but not all of us are willing to accept

As a young boy growing up in an ever-changing world where everything was changing faster than I could sometimes keep up with. Things such as religion, race, class and stature were the types of things which as a child I was made painfully aware of because these are not the kinds of things that your parents would sit you down and have a talk about like the birds and bees.Although these things change you and also shape you ultimately into the self sufficient person you will become one day, we are not made aware of how to deal with it as a child.

I am not saying that my parents never raised me right I am saying that knowledge is power folks. In countries such as China children first learn about what their heritage is, where they belong and  function in society also where their people come from. Although they are a third of the world's population they are also a very exclusive group that stick to their traditions and values as a people which is quite admirable. I think these are the kinds of things we need to teach our kids and not depend on the schooling curriculum because let's face it a schooling system cannot teach your child it's heritage if they have 70 different races and backgrounds.

Lets go ahead and be proud of our lineage and embrace what our great great grandparents did so that we could sit comfortably and read this bit of info right here. The more you can equip your child the less you will have to face an identity crises when your child wants to be the last of the "mohicans".

Be proud of us being different and remember somewhere down the line you will be someone's great grandparent and wouldn't it be great if they said that it's because you weren't afraid to teach your child where they came from that they are proud to call you their ancestor.