Comments on: Okay, so I left something out http://omegamom.com/2007/03/08/okay-so-i-left-something-out/ A "good enough" mom muses about alpha moms, adoption, computers, the State Of The World, Internet quirkiness, and the Kosmik All Tue, 22 May 2012 10:22:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Kate http://omegamom.com/2007/03/08/okay-so-i-left-something-out/#comment-1586 Kate Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:44:00 +0000 http://omegamom.com/?p=482#comment-1586 Julie--We've actually got a bit of diversity here--lots of Navajos, for instance, and (interestingly enough) plenty of Asian folk due to SMU's sister-university program. Yay! New Girl--It's hard to describe, but it's all about finding balance, I think. It's easy to freak out with all the assvice out there, but, honestly, most of the time, it's just parenting. SBird--Rocks and bugs and trees and stuff is all very, very important (IMO). Julie–We’ve actually got a bit of diversity here–lots of Navajos, for instance, and (interestingly enough) plenty of Asian folk due to SMU’s sister-university program. Yay!

New Girl–It’s hard to describe, but it’s all about finding balance, I think. It’s easy to freak out with all the assvice out there, but, honestly, most of the time, it’s just parenting.

SBird–Rocks and bugs and trees and stuff is all very, very important (IMO).

]]> By: SBird http://omegamom.com/2007/03/08/okay-so-i-left-something-out/#comment-1585 SBird Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:32:00 +0000 http://omegamom.com/?p=482#comment-1585 Thanks for posting about this...seeing as how we live in UltraTiny UltraWhite Ranching Village, we'll be moving at some point when The Bee becomes more aware of her racial difference. Right now, I am glad that she will learn about bugs and rocks and trees and stuff.... Thanks for posting about this…seeing as how we live in UltraTiny UltraWhite Ranching Village, we’ll be moving at some point when The Bee becomes more aware of her racial difference. Right now, I am glad that she will learn about bugs and rocks and trees and stuff….

]]> By: new girl http://omegamom.com/2007/03/08/okay-so-i-left-something-out/#comment-1584 new girl Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:38:00 +0000 http://omegamom.com/?p=482#comment-1584 And thank you yet again! This was the other half of what I have been worrying about. And thank you yet again! This was the other half of what I have been worrying about.

]]> By: Julie Pippert http://omegamom.com/2007/03/08/okay-so-i-left-something-out/#comment-1583 Julie Pippert Fri, 09 Mar 2007 07:08:00 +0000 http://omegamom.com/?p=482#comment-1583 Oh meant to say...I think growing up within diversity helps. I did for most of my childhood and I see things differently, I think, that people who grew up more segregated. Oh meant to say…I think growing up within diversity helps. I did for most of my childhood and I see things differently, I think, that people who grew up more segregated.

]]> By: Julie Pippert http://omegamom.com/2007/03/08/okay-so-i-left-something-out/#comment-1582 Julie Pippert Fri, 09 Mar 2007 07:06:00 +0000 http://omegamom.com/?p=482#comment-1582 Such an EXCELLENT post. A really important topic to tackle and you do it really well. It really sounds like you do all you can possibly do...but Miss Dotter seems so confident and healthy. In a way, we all get scars, regardless, KWIM? What matters is having a foundation that supports you. And you two surely give that to Dotter. I feel completely confident in that. On the plus side, it is still very, very white out there, but there are more things of diversity. It might just be where we are (and we chose it for diversity) but there's a lot of multilingual and multicultural things around us. Our school is very racially diverse, and our neighborhood, not so much but more than our previous one. We have quite a few friends who have adopted other races. And we do our utmost to emphasize the inside matters to our kids. Such an EXCELLENT post. A really important topic to tackle and you do it really well.

It really sounds like you do all you can possibly do…but Miss Dotter seems so confident and healthy.

In a way, we all get scars, regardless, KWIM? What matters is having a foundation that supports you. And you two surely give that to Dotter. I feel completely confident in that.

On the plus side, it is still very, very white out there, but there are more things of diversity.

It might just be where we are (and we chose it for diversity) but there’s a lot of multilingual and multicultural things around us. Our school is very racially diverse, and our neighborhood, not so much but more than our previous one.

We have quite a few friends who have adopted other races.

And we do our utmost to emphasize the inside matters to our kids.

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