speaking spanish

today after church, we told zeb that he could play on the playground by church. Within in minutes he had joined in play with some filipino boys...jon and i were sitting within earshot and i heard zeb say, "my name is sam." i wasn't too clueless, i had heard him introduce himself like that before, however when we got in the car i thought i might ask him why he didn't say his his real name.

Mum: zeb why did you tell those boys your name was sam?
zeb: those spanish boys asked my name and sam is zeb in spanish.
mum: those boys are not spanish, they are filipino.
zeb: well i want to be filipino. i want to be both....filipino and american


zeb experiences culture confusion at age 5