i guess i should have the most say in this since i live in canada… as for as i'm concerned, as long as you have enough common interests and are willing to make a few cultural sacrifices or adjustments, it's going to work out fabulously. but there still lies the problem of cultural differences. for example, if i marry a catholic girl i'm NOT going to church. i'm a muslim. so an understanding and respect for each other's beliefs and cultures are necessary in keeping such a relationship. for some, this might be hard to do, but in a globalizing world we must drop down the ethnocentrism that surrounds us before approaching anything that we probably never came into contact with before, such as new cultures, for those of us that do not live in a culturally diverse community. as far as kids go, there's no harm in being trilingual or multilingual, so that's one up. but the loss of ethnic identity can be tragic. the parents must transfer their culture onto the child as much as possible to allow the child to know who he/she is. a strong social solidarity is what keeps down the depression and thereby providing the child a mentally healthy life. all spoken from first hand experience, of course. so in brief, communication is key for a healthy relationship between child and partner of different backgrounds.
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