A Mother's Love Sees No Color
My 3 year old daughter has two babies. One is beige, one is brown. As far as I can tell, she loves them equally. Now why can't it be this simple for the whole world?
The sad part is, when she takes her babies out of the house, she gets stares. :(
The sad part is, when she takes her babies out of the house, she gets stares. :(
posted by Carrie Lauth at 6:47 AM
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What a cutie Carrie!
I do wish the world was more like your daughter. It is just a skin color, I look beyond that.
Awww... I love how kids just don't have any prejudices. We have a toy library where the kids exchange toys and they have lots ethnic dolls.
The kids seem to like them all the same. I always wondered how the kids just don't seem to even ask or question that they look different. I love that... it's such an innocent quality.
And when they do start to notice, they don't attach any meaning to it. It's like having blue eyes or brown. My nephew once had two friends named Tiffany. One day he was trying to explain to his Mom (my sister) which one he meant and he said "I'm talking about my brown Tiffany Mom". LOL!
She is a doll baby!
My son says his teacher is peach but he's brown. I love that he doesn't see color differences as a negative thing!
LOL The simplicity of the world as seen through the eyes of an innocent. Sigh. You are so right.
When I was a little girl my mom was preparing for a home birth. She had a black midwife and I had it in my head that it meant I was to have a black brother or sister.
When my brother was born just before Halloween and had the same pink hue that I did I was VERY disappointed.
At Christmas when I still hadn't gotten over the disappointment I got a brown babydoll and she was my most favorite.
I don't think I ever realized a true difference in people as much as I just thought the brown was beautiful.
That reminds me of a childhood friend. He was still nursing as a toddler and one day he asked his Mom if brown Mommies had chocolate milk. I think he was seriously interested in finding some. LOL!
Oh Carrie - that's so sweet. It's unfortunate that she gets the stares though. It's hard to believe that there's still so much of that going on. But the movie Guess Who made me realize racism is probably much more a part of society than I thought. Even now in the 21st century there is a movie made where color really affected a relationship.
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