A parent wants their children to grow up learning about their father's Persian culture, but he's not interested in teaching them.
I think blending cultures is beautiful. I myself married someone of a different ethnicity, and we have discussed the importance of exposing our future kids to my Indian culture at home. However, I agree that it would feel odd for my husband to do that if I weren’t interested.
feel valuable to him. Unless you dig deeper with him, you won’t know why he seems uninterested. Also, consider why this is important toso you can communicate this to your husband. Are you worried your kids will have questions you can’t answer? Are you concerned they will feel less whole if you don’t expose them to this part of their cultural identity?
By not passing down your husband’s ethnic culture, you may be choosing how your kids identify culturally until they are old enough to explore it for themselves. Your kids may be none the wiser unless they meet other Persians, or have experiences that force them to confront their cultural identity more closely.Most immigrant parents living in the West, like your husband, are on their own journeys of identity development, alongside their kids.
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