Melzi Gigliana, McWayne Christine, Prishker Nydia, Segovia Julie
New York University.
Tufts University.
J Lat Educ. 2023;22(4):1407-1426. doi: 10.1080/15348431.2021.1971085. Epub 2021 Sep 6.
Immigrant families face unique challenges, most notably the active negotiation of two cultures not only at the individual level, but also in the context of family relationships. There is limited research exploring how immigrant caregivers of young children, in particular, experience this cultural negotiation in the context of parenting decisions and practices as these relate to their children's development and schooling. The current study sought to understand immigrant parenting from a phenomenological, emic ("inside-out") perspective (Hall et al., 2016) and used grounded theory analysis of focus group data conducted with 74 Spanish-speaking caregivers of preschool-aged children. Results showed three main overarching focal themes: (1) impetus for immigration, (2) individual-level negotiations, and (3) parenting-level negotiations. These themes depicted immigrant parenting as both agentic and resilient in the face of limited financial resources, language barriers, cross-national and cultural differences, and family separation. Caregivers reframed their immigration experiences and overcame struggles
移民家庭面临着独特的挑战,最显著的是不仅要在个人层面积极协调两种文化,还要在家庭关系的背景下进行。关于幼儿移民照料者如何在与子女发展和教育相关的养育决策及实践中体验这种文化协调的研究有限。本研究试图从现象学、主位(“由内而外”)的视角理解移民养育方式(霍尔等人,2016),并对74名说西班牙语的学龄前儿童照料者进行焦点小组访谈,采用扎根理论分析访谈数据。结果显示了三个主要的总体焦点主题:(1)移民的动因,(2)个人层面的协调,以及(3)养育层面的协调。这些主题将移民养育描绘为在面对有限的经济资源、语言障碍、跨国和文化差异以及家庭分离时既有能动性又具韧性。照料者重新诠释了他们的移民经历并克服了困难