tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708683104926932654.post4378176592095585960..comments2023-04-02T05:28:51.614-05:00Comments on Midwest Parents: Modern Family.Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01979925607834752536noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708683104926932654.post-80851436856346486142010-10-06T20:15:02.929-05:002010-10-06T20:15:02.929-05:00Great post, and great stuff to ponder. My oldest l...Great post, and great stuff to ponder. My oldest looks just like his dad and me, but my youngest doesn't at all. I have carried him, fitting, out of Target plenty o' time, but never been stopped. Interesting to ponder...Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10489190944088414992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708683104926932654.post-16213191288665606932010-10-04T22:03:35.994-05:002010-10-04T22:03:35.994-05:00Wow. Well, I am glad you were there and stepped in...Wow. Well, I am glad you were there and stepped in. I have often thought of my (white) friends who have adopted children of different ethnicities and wondered if they ever encountered things like that. And the kids generally have no idea that people will really take their reactions for real fear.<br /><br />I do remember when my son was 2 weeks old we took our daughter and her cousin to a WigglesHeatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01979925607834752536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708683104926932654.post-23882455261404293512010-10-04T20:45:51.926-05:002010-10-04T20:45:51.926-05:00A friend of mine told me years ago of trying to ge...A friend of mine told me years ago of trying to get her son out of a Toys R Us when he began screaming, "You're not my mom! Stranger danger! Help!" Of course everyone came running and she had to convince them otherwise. <br />I look a bit on the dark side, Mex/Irish, and my son inherited NOTHING of my coloring. We've gotten a few looks now and then. Perhaps they think I'm Lisa Correuhttp://www.succeedafterschool.comnoreply@blogger.com