What Traditions or Interests Have You Passed on to Your Children?

Our favorite Portland looks this week.

(Sam Gehrke)
(Sam Gehrke)

"We actually bought him a Dr. Seuss collection the day he was born."

(Sam Gehrke)

"We focus on learning about powerful and influential black men and women, whether it be in board or card games or otherwise. I just want to make sure they learn about their ancestry and culture in a fun way."

(Sam Gehrke)

"I just want to pass down the importance of family through events and dinners, incorporating it into her everyday life. We really try hard to make everything family-oriented."

(Sam Gehrke)

"We are Dutch, and we want to pass down our love of travel to her."

(Sam Gehrke)

"We want to pass down our love of the outdoors and exercise to our kids. We're actually about to start a kids' scooter company called Svolta, which was inspired by our children."

(Sam Gehrke)

"We're doing it right now. It's very important to us to pass down our own cultural traditions to her."

(Sam Gehrke)

"I want my store, Laundry, to be generational, but I won't be mad if my kids are sick of jerseys in 30 years."

(Sam Gehrke)

"We're Filipino, so we try to pass on our heritage through festivals and gatherings where we live in San Francisco. Family is really important to us, and we emphasize passing on the values and knowledge of what our parents had to go through as immigrants to this country."

(Sam Gehrke)

"We always listen to Hamilton in the car, and I've turned them on to Janelle Monae —they love listening to Electric Lady."

Sam Gehrke

Sam Gehrke is a photographer born in Milwaukee, WI in 1990 and raised in Eugene, OR. He moved to Portland in 2016 to pursue photography, quitting his full time job and diving head first into an independent career. His work has since appeared in Vice Magazine, OPB, The Fader, Vortex Music Magazine and Premier Guitar Magazine.

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