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So Says CBS news, which was picked up and tweeted by Anonymous..
That is interesting...
haikugal
(6,476 posts)Been here for about a decade I read; since they were 9 and 10.
onenote
(42,782 posts)The younger one apparently came here when he around 10, but the older one didn't come until later. Since the older one was already around 17 when the younger one got here, and he came later, I don't think you can say the older one grew up here.
Of course, the information I'm basing this one could change.
avaistheone1
(14,626 posts)Many people know that a person's character and personality is largely established by the time they are very young. The traits that will define that individual throughout his or her life can be clearly identified when he or she is as little as 7 years old. In a new investigation, scientists show that, by the time they start going to school, children already exhibit the personality traits that will remain with them throughout their lives. This was clearly established in a new paper, written by experts at the University of California in Riverside (UCR), LiveScience reports.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Our-Personality-Is-Fully-Developed-By-the-Age-of-7-151093.shtml
If correct, then their strongest influences were formed before they were American kids.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)graham4anything
(11,464 posts)LiberalFighter
(51,170 posts)Or derivative?
HipChick
(25,485 posts)as far as I know yet
LiberalFighter
(51,170 posts)If the parents are naturalized the children indirectly are naturalized too. Don't know what the age is before they have to go through the process themselves.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)I am guessing that date had a significance to them?
NoPasaran
(17,291 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)LisaL
(44,974 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Should I self deport?
No serious...
They grew up in the United States, they went to American schools and colleges.
Dreamer Tatum
(10,926 posts)Do you really think we're going to bomb Chechnya now?
pintobean
(18,101 posts)stranger81
(2,345 posts)They've been assigned by the government for several years now, so he didn't get to choose his own date.