I'm not a parent but I was wondering....

Question

If a parent was a closet racist or not entirely opened to someone's culture, what would they do if their kid had a relationship/marriage outside of their race. Also, would they put aside their differences & love their grandchildren. Or would they just pretend to be happy so know one knows they're prejudice? Thanks!!!!

Answer 1

I think at first they hate it but when the see a beautiful baby for the first time they fall in love with it and don't really care. The kid should tell their parent that this person is good to them and loves them with alltheir heart and that is all that should matter.

Answer 2

Just because someone is 'not open to someone's culture' doesn't make them racists. It just means that they would like their family (children and grandchildren) to be raised with the same values and traditions that they were brought up with. Depending on the quality of people you're dealing with I don't think they would pretend to be ok with it so no one knew they were unhappy. People don't have to accept things they are uncomfortable with that will be detrimental to their kids just to save face.

Answer 3

That totally depends on the parent. Some people are more open minded than others.

Answer 4

It really depends on how set in their racism, they are.

My parents evicted me at 15 and never spoke to me again.

Neither did most my family

I have lived with just my kids no family and we are ok with that I wish sometimes they had family but now they are dead anyway but i did miss that relationship but at same time my kids came first.

Other families have put it on the back burner and moved past it out of love for their child so it really depends on the family