As a community health nurse, you overhear a colleague say, "I don't understand why the Yangs take their young teenage daughters to the Hmong New Year celebration and have them play these matchmaking games
The girls meet boys every day as school and they are too young to be looking for husbands." Which of the following would be the most appropriate response?
A) "The Yangs are very different from us; maybe in time we can convince them that their practices are not right."
B) "Every culture has its differences; I think it's valuable that the Yangs are keeping their cultural practices alive."
C) "I know what you mean, I was thinking the same thing. You wouldn't catch me doing something similar with my teens."
D) "I feel sorry for those girls; they must feel funny in those cultural costumes. Let's talk to the parents and tell them how teens in America feel about such things."
B
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