We walked most of the way to the Eastern Market but the last mile we were frozen so we jumped into a cab and engaged in conversation. The cabbie has been in the US for 15 years.
His adult 31-year old son lives in Eastern Africa, has a girl friend and works as an electrical engineer. He never brought his son here. “Does he ever come to visit you?” “No we go to see him there.”
He tells us that his wife came here after their son was grown. “You can’t raise kids here. You can’t beat them when it’s necessary. You need to be able to beat them so they can grow up to be good people. Have discipline and follow the rules.” “I have a friend whose son called child protection on him when he came here. He (the friend) said afterwards, ‘Ok. We are taking a vacation’, to his kid and the kid was excited for the trip but the trip was to send him back to his old community. He was raised there by his people (in Africa). I saw his son recently; he came back to the States to college. He’s a nice kid now.”
Hmmm..interesting story. “Thank you for the cab ride!” Smiles back, “Have a good day!”
His adult 31-year old son lives in Eastern Africa, has a girl friend and works as an electrical engineer. He never brought his son here. “Does he ever come to visit you?” “No we go to see him there.”
He tells us that his wife came here after their son was grown. “You can’t raise kids here. You can’t beat them when it’s necessary. You need to be able to beat them so they can grow up to be good people. Have discipline and follow the rules.” “I have a friend whose son called child protection on him when he came here. He (the friend) said afterwards, ‘Ok. We are taking a vacation’, to his kid and the kid was excited for the trip but the trip was to send him back to his old community. He was raised there by his people (in Africa). I saw his son recently; he came back to the States to college. He’s a nice kid now.”
Hmmm..interesting story. “Thank you for the cab ride!” Smiles back, “Have a good day!”
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