“There Is No Where Like Home.”
L. Frank Baum
Dynamics. Immigrant parents operate in many different ways. We know of course that these ways refer to the methods in which they parent their own children. Naturally, every parent is different because of their upbringing, personal experiences and their ethnicity. An example of this could be how Caucasian parents have different expectations from Asian parents. Caucasian parents may accept an 80% as a good grade while Asian parent will demolish you for having an 80% (stereo-typically of course). Being that we as a group focus mainly on immigrant parents, the only big differences noticeable in terms of parenting dynamics are the ethnicity and upbringing of the parents. The Ethnicity of the parents greatly affects the morale that the parents raise their kids on. An example shown, it’s a fact that Filipino parents are mainly religious to the Catholic religion. Therefore, many of the Catholic morals are embedded in the Filipino parents which could lead them to raise their kids with Catholic morals.
Causes. Because we see the manner in which the immigrant parents act, it’s now vital to target how this affects the kids. So whether or not the manner in which the parents, it could challenge the kid in a good or bad way. The kids have the option to listen to their parents, understand their teachings and adapt from them. An example of this, one parent might tell their kids, “An 86% is not good enough, you need to try harder” (this obviously referring to the previous subtopic and still pulling on the stereotype). Now the child might take this statement and learn from it. He could think, “I need to listen to my parents because they know what’s best for me. Also, I don’t want to disappoint them and I want to make sure that they can be proud of me in the future. This is why I need to get my grades higher”. Or the child might think, “I don’t want to listen to my parents, they always belittle me and it annoys me so much. I don’t care if my grades are low and I’m not going to put the effort in to make them better” As you can see, the things that parents say or do could cause the child to act in different ways, whether or not they’re good.
Effects. Just as the causes of the child could be different, good or bad, the effects on the child could be good or bad too. Let’s take that same example of the considerably bad grade from the previous subtopic. The first child who decided to change his grades might end up doing really well in school. He might be getting into a good university and eventually a good job. On the other hand, the stress of trying to get good grades might collapse on him, and he might suffer from clinical depression. The second child might also end up on a bad path in life, always on the low end of the class, and not getting a great job. However, he might find a passion in a hobby he loves and pursue that as a career, who knows if one day he might be successful doing what he loves. What I’m trying to lean onto saying is explaining the stereotype of getting a stable job through good grades and education. A typical immigrant parent will bombard their children with words such as, “Arts is not a career”, “You need to get a stable job”, “Your only choices are the faculty of Engineering or Sciences”. This pressured situation may often lead the children to be stressed, depressed or end up working a career that they hate doing.
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