My partner and I immigrated from different countries and we're raising our kids here, but we have completely different feelings about what it means to be American and whether our children should feel pride or skepticism about this country's history and current actions. We keep having the same circular conversations where I want them to understand why I can't just embrace uncomplicated patriotism, and they think I'm being ungrateful and confusing the kids.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people are discovering that their different relationships to national identity create fundamentally different visions for how to raise citizens.
“Where Are You with National identity and patriotism examined?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.