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I wouldn't have any problem with it.
I have a Moroccan boyfriend, I think that says it all.
They're not totally happy about it, but they also can't do much about it.
The overwhelming majority of Dutch parents think it's good for their kids to grow up in a multicultural society.
That's according to research by J/M magazine.
That said, almost half say they would find it really difficult if their child came home with a foreign partner.
If your child is getting married, you want to know they've made the right choice.
You want your child to be happy and you're scared stiff that it will go wrong.
You're afraid of that no matter what, regardless of who he marries...
But if it's somebody from another culture that you don't know anything about, then it's also fear of the unknown.
You're much quicker to think: I hope it will work out.
They didn't have too much of a problem with it. But my brother did. It just depends how different he is.
My boyfriend isn't religious. Maybe that helped too.
If you come home with somebody who's really religious, that's something different.
A foreign son-in-law will be less easily accepted than a foreign daughter-in-law.
43 percent of parents say they would have a problem if their daughter came home with a foreign boyrfriend.
A lot of people think that Muslim women have different rights.
So they're afraid that their son-in-law will treat their daughters the same way. But that's not always the case.
No, for me it's the same. I don't think my parents would have a problem as long as he has the same norms and values.
And wouldn't expect me to do anything I wouldn't want to do.
In the poll, 600 parents were asked how they are preparing their children for life in a multicultural society.
80 percent of the parents said they considered it enriching for their child.
And 77 percent say the Netherlands benefits from children who have learned to get along with people from more than one culture.
Yes, absolutely. The research shows there isn't a single child who doesn't have some relationship with foreign children.
That's the future, parents know that too.
My child will grow up in a multicultural society, he'll meet foreign kids at school.
Soon he'll be working with people from other countries.
And maybe you object to that, but please don't pass it on to your child.
Because then you're not preparing him well for his life in society, and that's what's really needed.