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[quote=Anonymous]I'm the child of immigrant parents so not exactly the target of your question. My mom thought assimilating effectively and raising her kids like every other American kid meant she needed to reject her entire culture. Refused to let us learn the language and discouraged us from going to cultural community events. But she could never shake off the only life she knew - the social norms, expectations and practices. They were so engrained in her but I don't think she realized it. She thought she was American as apple pie but she just could never be. I wish she just accepted that. This made it tough for me and my three siblings. We were the odd ducks among our dozens of cousins whose parents let them embrace the culture we came from while still respecting the culture in the US. And we were supposed to be American kids, but with standards of our culture that often clashed with our peers. [/quote]
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