Latino Parenting Skills: A Qualitative Study

Growing up, those two words have always left my stomach in knots and caused my eyebrows to come together in confusion. At the tender age of 8, family parties were meant to be fun and enjoyable, but whenever I heard an uncle or grandfather say those two words I was left in a state of discomfort without really knowing why.

Establishing positive parenting skills within the community will assist the parents in gaining new alternatives to their current practices. “Often we get the same families that are repeat offenders or they never really learn their ways of parenting are not acceptable” (Ruiz, 2015). Providing the “Strong Families” curriculum will reduce the number of children that are

The Southwest United States is an area of great diversity. It is located on the border between the US and Mexico. In this region there are four main ethnicities represented: Hispanics, African Americans, Anglo Americans, and Native Americans. These groups interact daily working in the same offices and going to school together. Youth of each ethnicity face risks as they grow up. By focusing on the Hispanic adolescent girl the extent of the possible risks to one ethnicity can be explored. These risks will include motivation at school, the risk of dropping out of school, the at-risk classification, which includes gang involvement, and teen pregnancy. The results of studies focused

Attempting to offer a description of the conceptualization of childhood for the population of Hispanics or Latinos is difficult because of the number of countries (as

The fear of deportation puts an added burden on the caregiver, who may not be aware of the health care services available. In addition, research suggests that Latinas are less likely to seek outside help as there are few services that address the needs of Spanish speaking individuals. Most live in communities where health and social services are extremely limited (Land & Guada, 2011). Lack of immigration documentation prohibits qualification for mental and health benefits, which adds to additional stress to the caregiver (Dennenberg, 1997; Land, 1994).

Foreign-born Hispanic parents are more likely to have difficulty exploring the variation of resources and communicating. Since, the Hispanic culture tends to be highly family oriented, placing great emphasis on sharing responsibilities. Therefore, customaries may change when extended family is no longer in the proximities. First generation families bring cultural values, traditions, education, and job skills to their new homeland, where it might not be applicable or resourceful anymore. Alternating life skills are challenging without language proficiency, formal training, and educational background, leaving parents ill-equipped. Consequently, limiting their access to better-paying jobs and encumbers their economic mobility, which can stunt their ability to secure or navigate towards beneficial coverage such as health care or

Despite teenage pregnancy rates dropping more than fifty percent in recent years, it is within the Hispanic community that teen pregnancy continues to remain a serious public and social issue. When compared to other ethnic sectors in the United States, Hispanic females continue to hold a higher birth rate than others, being twice more than that of non-Hispanics. In general, there are the many apparent obstacles and consequences when dealing with this situation. Young adult parents must overcome educational, financial, and emotional problems months before their child is born.

The Hispanic Family Center have always taken a leadership role in coordinating efforts with other community organizations to facilitate the provision of a full range of services for individuals and families in need. The Hispanic Family Center works with other entities to ensure appropriate access to services while maintaining a particular emphasis on promoting health, self-sufficiency and opportunities for its consumers.

This paper will examine the difficulties of young Latino/as in obtaining equal opportunity for education, as well as the obstacles preventing them from becoming qualified candidates of the Dream Act. Latinos, specifically Mexicans, makes up the largest immigrant population in the United States. However, a majority of those immigrants came to the United States undocumented. Due to this status, many limited their access to resources and opportunities, such as education. The Dream Act, also known as, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors was proposed for qualified undocumented immigrants in the United States to have access to higher education and permanent residency. Although the Dream Act seems to be an easy first step for young

California has one of the largest Hispanic populations in the country alongside some of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the US and poorest immigrant neighborhoods, but overall the demographic is very diverse socioeconomically as well as racially. The this environment has bred a very specific immigrant experience for Latino and Latinas and from it a very unique Latinx-American youth culture has emerged. Like most immigrant communities in America, there is a merging of the culture of origin with the typical aspects of American culture. For these Latinx-American youth in California nearly every aspect of their life is a fusion of two perspectives and informed by two cultures.

Hispanics are the largest and fastest growing ethnic minority group in the U.S according to Vanessa Ramirez. Mexican immigrants are an important asset to our country. They work in low skill, low wage jobs but are essential to our countries economy. Therefore it is important to conduct this study to investigate and gain knowledge from their parenting methods and how they are influenced by U.S child discipline cultures. With this research factors that impede Mexican immigrants parents and their children from improving in the United States will be identified. This research will focus on the attitudes and fears they have towards the clash between their child discipline methods and the United States methods. Many of these people come here to improve their lives and by researching a small part of who they are, we will get a glimpse of how Mexican immigrants struggle or adapt with this culture.

The current study is examining the challenges and resiliencies of Latino immigrant parents. This study will be using a qualitative research design. This qualitative design will be accomplished through the use of face to face and phone interviews. This current study seeks to answer the following questions: What parental challenges do Latino immigrant parents face? What resiliencies do Latino immigrant parents obtain? What resources/services do Latino immigrant parents feel they need? What parenting skills, styles, and/or knowledge have Latino immigrant parents used and were they effective in producing positive child outcomes?

The goal of healing homes is to develop and foster nurturing Hispanic adoptive and foster homes that responds to the cultural, emotional, and behavioral needs of at-risk Hispanic youths in the foster care system. Rooted in the belief that every child walks their own path and has the ability to reach full potential, Healing Homes focuses on a curriculum that teaches parents and caregivers how to be better listeners and supportive parents and enables children to improve. According to Dettlaf & Rycraft (2010), “immigrant Latino children and families represent the largest and fastest-growing population in the United States, and thus require the attention of child welfare systems and the development of evidence-based practices designed to respond to the unique needs of this population.”

In this week’s reading we got the chance to read one of Professors Cabrera’s study called Parental Interactions with Latino Infants: Variation by country of origin and English Proficiency by Cabrera, Shannon, West, and Brooks-Gunn. In this study they examined variation in mother-infants interactions, father engagement, and infant cognition as a function of country of origin, socioeconomic status, and English language proficiency in a national sample of Latino infants which are 9 month old and born in the United States and living with their biological parents. Before reading this article I had my own predictions as to what they found in their study. I predict that the mother and infant relations are stronger than the father and infant relations

Thesis Statement: Coming from different backgrounds can be difficult. Being raised based on religion , values , and morals play a huge role in your life. Everyone isn't raised the same . There are many different parenting styles. Today, I will compare and contrast two different parenting styles between African American and Latin American families.