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Video. How can we tell if and how Mexican families change when they immigrate?. Comparing Mexican, Immigrant, Mexican American and White Families. A survey of adolescents of each group showed that views of family differ between each group.

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  2. How can we tell if and how Mexican families change when they immigrate?

  3. Comparing Mexican, Immigrant, Mexican American and White Families • A survey of adolescents of each group showed that views of family differ between each group. • Mexican American children of immigrant parents tent to be more like their white counterparts.

  4. In life, family is the most important thing • Mexicans 92% • Immigrants 92 • Second Generation 86 • White American 72

  5. When you have a problem, who do you go to for advice?

  6. When I think about my mother, I think______ Percent of respondents who responded with a negative statement: • Mexicans 4% • Immigrants 6 • Mexican Americans 20 • White Americans 30

  7. When I am with my father, I think______ Percent of respondents who responded with a negative statement: • Mexicans 6% • Immigrants 8 • Mexican Americans 26 • White Americans 22

  8. Parent/Child Relationships • Immigrant parents are more likely to stress earlier autonomy, productive use of time, strictness, and permissiveness in their children. • Mexican American parents born in the US are more likely to express more emotional support for their children and expect proper behavior at home and in school.

  9. Conclusions • Based on the Video clips, immigration is largely motivated by a desire to improve the future of one’s family. • Mexican Immigrants and their children born in Mexico retain strong familism similar to that of Mexican families. • Mexican Americans tend to adopt the more individualistic, independent, non-family centered ideologies of America.

  10. Bibliography • US Census; http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/mso01-hp.pdf; Oct 28, 2001. • National Council of La Raza; http://www.nclr.org/about/nclrfaq.html#III.%20Family%20Life; Oct 28, 2001. • Hispanic Vista;http://www.hispanicvista.com/html/010910immi.htm ; Oct 31, 2001. • Suarez-Orozco, Carola & Marcelo; Transformations: Migration, Family Life, and Achievement Motivation Among Latino Adolescents; Stanford University Press, Stanford, California; 1995. • My Family (VHS) • La Boda (VHS) • The New Pilgrims (VHS) • The Ties that Bind (VHS)

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