New generation of Global Indians

March 26th, 2007

One of the benefits of bringing up children in the US is the exposure and education they receive. Here is an e-mail from a Hyderabadi who lives in Fremont:

” Here are a few comments of my four and a half year old..
 
We were taking about Spain and Meera says Mama did you know Pablo Picasso is also from Spain and his dad was a teacher? Pablo Picasso loved to paint?! Well I know who Picasso was, but did not know his first name nor that his dad was a teacher.
 
She looks a piggy bank that aunt gave her and says that this is from China. I said how do you know? She says look at the script – This is Chinese!
 
Then she shows me a dime – [Now I still get confused between a dime and a nickel] – she says do you know this is a dime? Do you know who the president is on this? I said like anyone who grew up in India – George Washington? She said no – Thomas Jefferson! I said now go check if Papa knows.. and sure enough his answer was no different from Mama’s. She then says the Penny has George Washington as President. ”
 
- Veronica Malhotra, Fremont, CA, USA in an e-mail about her daughter, Meera
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- Editor, Hyderabadi

Entry Filed under: Global Indian, NRI, Parenting