Raising American Citizens: Socialization Goals of Low-Income Immigrant Latino Mothers and Fathers of Young Children

Based on ecocultural theory, this study utilizes focus group interviews to explore the ways Latino immigrant mothers and fathers transmit the values and beliefs they wish their young children to internalize. Findings suggest that parents purposely “pick and choose” values they deem “Latino,” such as...

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Published inJournal of child and family studies Vol. 25; no. 12; pp. 3607 - 3618
Main Authors Aldoney, Daniela, Cabrera, Natasha J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.12.2016
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Beliefs
Biculturalism
Child and School Psychology
Children
Coping
Cultural Background
Cultural sensitivity
Families & family life
Family (Sociological Unit)
Family work relationship
Fathers
Focus groups
Hispanic Americans
Immigration
Individual Development
Interviews
Low Income
Low income groups
Mexican Americans
Mothers
Motivation
Optimism
Original Paper
Parent Role
Parents & parenting
Psychology
Role models
Self esteem
Social Sciences
Socialization
Sociology
Studies
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Values
Young Children
Young mothers
United States > US
Immigrant families
Biculturalism
Socialization
Latino
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Summary:Based on ecocultural theory, this study utilizes focus group interviews to explore the ways Latino immigrant mothers and fathers transmit the values and beliefs they wish their young children to internalize. Findings suggest that parents purposely “pick and choose” values they deem “Latino,” such as the importance of family and values they deem “American,” such as independence, to pass on to their children. Parents recognized three main barriers that might stand in their way of teaching their children to adapt to two cultural groups: balancing work and family, low self-esteem, and lack of good parental role models. However, they also pointed out two sources of strength that can help them overcome these barriers: optimism and motivation. This study provides a basis for generating hypotheses to be tested with larger datasets and informs the development of theory and culturally sensitive interventions and measures to evaluate Latino parenting.
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ISSN:1062-1024
1573-2843
DOI:10.1007/s10826-016-0510-x