"When we were children we had nothing to do and our parents wouldn't letus go far without them. They didn't know what was happening in thecommunity, they didn't get involved and couldn't speak or read English,"recalls Mohammed Yusuf. "For our children, though, it's different. We'rean Asian family but we were born and brought up here so we understandthat they have to mix with different people and make friends."
Wahid Hussain agrees. "It's about having the confidence to stand up inthe community and the ability to work across cultural barriers," hesays.
One sign of this confidence is that both Mohammed and Wahid, who aresecond-generation British Asians, take their children to the local SureStart in Barkerend to take part in a programme that encourages learningthrough play.
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