Canuck2b

So what happens when the kids have one Canadian parent and one Scottish parent and they lived in England before they moved to Canada???????

My kids prefer their Canadian life to their UK one!

Oink

I think you're the one to answer that question.

Although the question wasn't, do your kids prefer one country over the other? I was interested in any issues that have surfaced because of the cross and mixed cultural component of family dynamics.

Canuck2b

I think nowadays there are less issues surrounding mixed race/culture kids than there ever were before. We have a bundle of kids from mixed parents and they are all eager to embrace where they are from and explain the make up of their history........Well that is what I have found here anyway. It also depends where you are bringing your kids up.....Certainly, had we stayed in Peterborough, England my kids would have witnessed abuse for the same reason. I personally think its better here than where we were anyway!

Greenhill

I suspect there is a tendency for sympathetic masturbation, administered by the loving human dog-mother in a stealthy, yet clinical, loving sense. Compulsive, uncontrolled tendencies [born from a lack of actual human motherhood and human-child nurturing and an irrational hatred of men] lead to an extenuated motherly sense that baby dog needs to be sexually released (without contamination from an alien handbag other-dog), and, given the sex of the elderly human administrator of the ejaculatory procedure and the violent, demanding attitude of the small perfumed puffball purse-dog, a criminal act of beastiaility is overlooked as a kindness to cute furball whose eternal existence is to accompany the short-tempered shortarsed round-lady who carries the dog-carrying purse from high-fashion clothes store, via the library, then back to her trailer where she feeds it predigested prime steak from her own mouth and lips.

I suppose that's why they wear matching clothes.

Atlantic Xpat

My 2 1/4 year old Canadian born daughter can say 'I only told you to blow the bloody doors off!' although not, as yet in a Michael Caine accent. Is that child abuse on my part?

ExKiwilass

No, that's just teaching her proper english that is.

mandymoochops

No, i'm all for parents teaching very young to children to say random comments for the general hilarity of others

Atlantic Xpat

Much of the hilarity is mine alone as the quotes are from movies and tv programmes the locals will likely never have heard of. I thought about 'The Mafia? I've shit 'em' next but likely will go for 'We're the sweeny son, and we haven't had any dinner'. What do you think?

Oink

How about?

"If the milk turns out to be sour, I ain't the kinda pussy to drink it"

or

"They'd be too scared - I'm a geezer."

arniedog

that is sooo funny , when i get a Canadian grandchild i will have to try and remember to do the same. Sorry if im pinching your idea but its a good one How about 'you plonker Rodney ' or any quotes from fools and horses will do

The4BellsLondon

I often ask for a red wine spritzer here and just get blank looks!

arniedog

you know why dont you , because you 'plonker ' you forgot to ask for an umbrella and a cherry to go in it

The4BellsLondon

Oh Trig!

DandNHill

I grew up in France in the late 70s/early 80s with British parents in a small town where we appeared on the front page of the local newspaper it was so unexpected.
I turned out ok.
The thing I found weird wasn't the different culture but the fact that I spoke French away from home and English at home. Turns out I have an English accent in English and a French accent in French.
So if anything I see my kids move to Canada as an enriching experience!

gryphea

I hope not. My 8 year old and 6 yr old can now say it with micheal caine accent with candian slant . It sounds very funny.