Children Left Behind By Immigrant Parents

Immigrant children endue a great deal of stress. This stress is created as a result of leaving familiar people and places and entering a new place with a different culture and language. During this process, many immigrant children struggle to re-establish themselves as they enter the United States. These children need to feel connected and accepted because these are important factors of child development. For children who do not feel connected with their peers, family, or school may have an increased risk of suicide, school failure and drop-out, and criminal activity.

children are leaving everything behind and migrating to the U.S with a hope of survival.

Immigration has a great impact on first generation immigrants. Studies show that acculturation and assimilation have wide-ranging effects on the groups involved, but mostly on the immigrants' lives. There are positive and negative attributes. Attributes that are due to the issues associated with integrating cultures, and broadly related to the greater issue of immigration. The issues and discrimination towards first generation immigrants cause them to have limitations throughout their lifetime, in the country that they have moved to. Furthermore, the Hispanic and Latino community have lived through this problem for so long. They are always the group to be affected by it because they lose a sense

Growing up the child of an immigrant has given me a unique perspective on life that a majority of kids my age will never have. In my home, I am surrounded by the Ethiopian culture and language, but when I step across the threshold, I am greeted by a culture foreign to my own. I was challenged with learning two more languages than most kids, Amharic and Tigrinya, which classified me as a student who needed ESL (English Second Language) classes. My mom always said, “Ewedeshalo yenekonjo”, meaning I love you, my beautiful. I was immersed in two different communities, and had the impression of living in two different countries. I was faced with the difficulty of not knowing where I fit in since I am one of a few kids who have this reality. Balancing

As an owner of a factory in the 1800s, it is important for me to employ immigrant children in my work force. With the growth of factories in the 1800s, there is a higher demand which can get very expensive. . By having more workers, who are paid less in my work, I am able to create more materials. The creation of this material can help the economy move, by creating more for everyone to buy and sell. Not only does it benefit the economy, it can support the families of the workers. In many situations, the parents of the children may not have the capability to support the family financially. These families may need the help of these children to create a living, and live a comfortable life. The children working in this fast paced work space, also

Children in immigrant families are often considered at increased risk of maltreatment due to the stress and pressure experienced by the family resulting from immigration and acculturation. Within the child welfare system, the number of Latino children has steadily risen over the past several years, with national data indicating that the percentage of Latino children confirmed as victims of maltreatment has risen from 10.0% in 1995 to 14.2% in 2000 to 17.4% in 2005 (Dettlaff et al. 2009). This data represents only one part of the various research studies conducted in order to better understand immigrant families entry and presence in the child welfare system. In Earner’s (2007) research study, a focus group was facilitated with immigrant families who were already part of the child welfare system. From this focus group a few key themes arose, there was a deep concern for the public service workers lack of awareness on issues that immigrant families face and the needs that they encounter (Earner, 2007). There was also concern about the service and referrals they were receiving since many of them were dependent upon eligibility which they did not meet due to their immigration status (Earner, 2007)

In today's world, illegal immigrants are given no opportunities in life. However, suppose there is a way to give immigrant children a chance to a new life. A way for those to connect and meet people with different backgrounds. Imagine the United States government funding and administering a living and educational facility for those immigrant children in search for a better life. The "New Beginnings" facility will educate the youth. The children will learn and explore diverse languages. The facility will teach the children about American culture and allow them to exchange ideas, for instance the food Americans eat, the sports played, and one's religion. This can enable the children to have careers and provide them with United States jobs later in their lives.

I think that if you are an immigrant child the pressures that are put on you are different than the pressures if you are a child from a middle-class family in America.

Are Children of illegal immigrants entitled to a public education? Yes, as a matter of fact, they are! Their parents work for minimum wage and still pay taxes, therefor their child should be able to attend public school. How many Americans don’t work and live off the system, but yet their child still gets a public education?

First off, immigrants are leaving their home country because they want better opportunities by, having higher paying jobs, better schools/ education, and safer homes. Also, some immigrants just leave for adventure and others may leave to escape oppressive regimes that threaten their rights or

flee from their birth homes, wishing for a better life. Many parents seek to find a life for their

26). With this being such a large number, the idea of migration for economic support for their kin is quite common in Mexican society for several decades now. Migration can occur locally, within the country, or transnationally. Men, women, children and whole families migrate depending on the type of work and the demand for laborers. The Mexican household can have great variability due to migration since the complete nuclear household could have members missing at any given time depending on work. Several factors play a key role when determining whether one should migrate and how the household will change due to this. Some of these factors include educational levels and gender roles and how they will affect the lives of their offspring. These factors also have an effect on the future educational aspirations of the child by themselves and their

Several economic social and environmental reasons are behind the migration. The economic migration resulted in order to find a new job or to pursue a particular career. The social migration could be happened to move closer to the family or friends for better quality of life. Political migration could be happened because of war or other political tension. The environmental conditions such as

Child migration has been increasing throughout the past couple of years. In the documentary, Which Way Home, it shows some of the root causes of child migration in multiple points of view. The primary premise being discussed will be some of the root causes of child migration; which are the children want to help their families, make a better life for themselves, and find their parents. Also, the root causes between 2009 and today will be compared. Finally, the ways to help the child migrants stay safe on their travels and other options for what should happen once they are detained will be discussed.

Despite the many risk factors like psychological problems, emotional reservations, instability of other countries, culture shock and homesickness, still, according to POEA, growing number of Filipinos leave the country everyday. What made them convince themselves to leave their families?