U.S. Born Children With Immigrant Parents
U.S.-born children with immigrant parents
Jia Lu Chen
New York University
Abstract
There are lots of different types of families in America because of its diversified culture. Children grew up in different families may be influenced by different elements including family, education, community and so on. U.S.-born children with immigrant parents are facing much more challenges from the very beginning of their life than children with American parents. The society which as a whole system includes several layers impactng each other and influenceing children living in it. However, when these children who have immigrant parents grow up, they will become the subject of this society. Their subject value will become the whole society’s subject value. When considering how these children will develop in the future, we are also looking into the future of our society.
Keywords: immigrant, family, education, community, society
U.S-Born Children with Immigrant Parents
Salina, who lives in Los Angeles and is the daughter of Chinese immigrants, is one of the sixteen children in the video. Since she was born in Los Angeles, Salina speaks fluently English, but from many other parts she is still special from those native-Americans. (Age 7 in America, 1991)
To study a child’s development, we should look at not only the child and her immediate environment but the interaction of the larger environment as well. In this paper, we may look at Salina’s development within the context of relationships from her environment which is divided into four different layers. These complex layers all have different effect on a child’s development. Furthermore, changes within these layers may also ripple throughout other layers.
Four Layers that Influence Development of Children The first layer: family and family education. As part of the first layer, family and family education have the strongest influence on the development of
Jia Lu Chen
New York University
Abstract
There are lots of different types of families in America because of its diversified culture. Children grew up in different families may be influenced by different elements including family, education, community and so on. U.S.-born children with immigrant parents are facing much more challenges from the very beginning of their life than children with American parents. The society which as a whole system includes several layers impactng each other and influenceing children living in it. However, when these children who have immigrant parents grow up, they will become the subject of this society. Their subject value will become the whole society’s subject value. When considering how these children will develop in the future, we are also looking into the future of our society.
Keywords: immigrant, family, education, community, society
U.S-Born Children with Immigrant Parents
Salina, who lives in Los Angeles and is the daughter of Chinese immigrants, is one of the sixteen children in the video. Since she was born in Los Angeles, Salina speaks fluently English, but from many other parts she is still special from those native-Americans. (Age 7 in America, 1991)
To study a child’s development, we should look at not only the child and her immediate environment but the interaction of the larger environment as well. In this paper, we may look at Salina’s development within the context of relationships from her environment which is divided into four different layers. These complex layers all have different effect on a child’s development. Furthermore, changes within these layers may also ripple throughout other layers.
Four Layers that Influence Development of Children The first layer: family and family education. As part of the first layer, family and family education have the strongest influence on the development of
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