"What do you think is causing it? There must be a reason why she acts that way."

I think two things have to be taken into consideration; the first one is the village environment I live in and the second one is Cambodian xenophobia. So....

I am the only foreigner I'm a village of 3,000 people. Oh there is a handful of Khmer Kraum, but apart from them, I stand out as "the foreigner." My wife comes from this village and her family is a small landholder farming family that enjoys a good reputation. Our moving here was a culture shock for the village. Usually if a foreigner marries a barang they move to his country and politely send money home. In my case that was not practical. My parents died while I was overseas and I have no brothers or sisters. In addition to no familial connection I was close to retirement age and as a teacher my job prospects were poor at best and more likely none due to my age. So, I opted to live here where my kids could have a big family with aunties, uncles, cousins, grandparents and all the trimmings. So in essence my children, tho koan kaet, have little or no concept of daddy's culture outside of the language. All of which leads me to the second point.

One day I wAs chatting with granny(maiyieh) and told her that I recognised my children as Khmer.
She looked at me and informed me that wasn't the case. "But mom, I replied, " their mother is Cambodian, they were born im Cambodia and their first language is Cambodian, so when will they be Cambodian?". To which she replied that they would have to marry a PURE Cambodian and their children would have to marry a PURE Cambodian and their children would be Cambodian. So it takes a lot of fucking with pure Cambodians to drive out that foreign blood. Now having said that granny treats my kids with love and respect and their grandpa does the same.

So,my point is that in their childhood they 1) don't really know really know what being a non-Cambodian is and 2) they have been singled out by their peers and others as being different. A pressure to which my daughter is more sensitive than my son. But I have faith she will outgrow it plus academically she is excelling. Then too there are times when it all disappears and I am her father and she is my daughter and being American and Cambodian just disappear. More later. But until then courage all you fathers.

Thanks Taa, I assumed that was the case.

My two are only 6 and 4 so I guess I have all of this to look forward to in the coming years.

"All you can do is give them a good sense of who they are, solid values and pray they turn out ok"

As I said earlier and because of your obnoxious postings I must confirm once again that as long as they don't turn out like you, they will be fine.

Your high opinion of yourself and your low opinion of me are both unwarranted. They will decide who they are by themselves.

just pray that aliens dont come to earth, then we can fight over who is not pure blood earthlings, im pretty sure some earthlings wouldnt mind fucking some 2 feet octopus schlong

i am so pleased my offspring are over 30

cptrelentless said, "Chew with your mouth closed...". Yep one of my bugaboos as well. My son does likewise and eats way too fast, in fact it's more like inhaling food than eating it.

It's good to see him with a hearty appetite but...
Also he attacks the bowl or plate with his spoon so passionately that it becomes a ceramic percussion instrument as he tries to get ever last grain of rice, then there's a slight intermission for seconds and the solo concert begins again.

"i am so pleased my offspring are over 30."

I am appropriately jealous.