My son's soccer coach told him he plays like someone from our home country as a compliment but my son came home upset because he just wants to be seen as American.
More people experience this than they realize.
The complexity of praise that reinforces otherness when your child desperately wants to be seen as simply belonging without qualifiers.
“Where Are You with Belonging for immigrants and refugees?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.