My sister Erin and her daughter Savannah (7 years old) had a conversation the other day that I thought was just priceless. So I thought I'd share it with you!
As background . . . Erin's friends Jenny and Randy have a little boy named Luke and they are expecting their second baby, who will be born at the end of this month. They found out that they're having a baby girl and they have picked the name Lily for her - so cute! Randy and Jenny are white. Why is that relevant? You'll see . . .
Savannah: Mommy - what would happen if when Lily comes out, she's got brown skin?
Erin: [Weeeeeeeeeeeell, Jenny would have a LOT of explaining to do . . .] Oh my gosh, she would be so CUTE!
Savannah: I know! She would be! [pause for some deep thought] I mean, she wouldn't look the same as Luke . . . but that's okay. Cuz it doesn't matter what you look like on the outside - it only matters what you look like on the INSIDE.
Erin: [Weeeeeeeeeeeell, it would kinda matter to Randy in this instance . . .] You're exactly right!
Savannah: Oh, I hope Lily really DOES have brown skin . . .
She's gonna be SO disappointed when Lily shows up and she's . . . well . . . lily white.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
We'll finish this conversation when you're older . . .
Posted by Catherine at 12:34 AM
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
So funny! Good friends of ours have 5 biological kiddos and 4 adopted ones. The biological kids are blonde and blue-eyed. The adopted ones are african-american and hispanic. When the mom found out she was pg with the latest baby, at least one of the kids said he was praying that the baby would come out dark like him. So cute!
Hmmmmm, just how young is too young for a lesson in genetics? And how would you approach it without spoiling a child's precious color-blindness-when-it-comes-to-value?
Post a Comment