Bill Belew’s two sons are bi-cultural Japanese-American, now 41- and 38-years old. He and his wife are now parenting a daughter, Mia, who is 16!

I don’t want for much. My mommy and daddy pretty much take good care of me.

I have all I need, and so far, that’s good enough for me.

But if I could want something, I might want a cutting board.

My daddy’s student, Josie, owns the website Mac Cutting Boards. She invited me to guest blog at her site.

So I wrote about What Little Girls Look for When They Buy a Cutting Board.

A cutting board that looks like a princess

I don’t do much cooking other than pretend cooking.

To do that, I don’t need anything other than a pretend knife and a pretend cutting board.

But if I were to get a cutting board, I would want it to be shaped like a pony, a princess, a fairy, or my daddy.

Or how about a cutting board shaped like China? But I don’t know what they would do with Taiwan. Taiwan would keep falling on the floor.

Making cutting boards out of stuff that would otherwise be thrown away is a great idea. My mommy teaches me about being green. It’s not quite the same, but it’s still a good idea.

China will also have to learn this lesson. It needs to learn how to use material repeatedly.

Maybe this is something I will teach them when I grow up.

Talk to Bill and others about their experiences raising bi-cultural Japanese-American kids.