I'm just a simple Balkan peasant/old fashioned country lawyer, S!
I'll check out the link; thanks!
I remember one time sitting in a departure lounge at the Bangkok airport and talking with a Hmong family from Minnesota who were returning from a visit with the grandparents and relatives in Laos. The mother clearly was sad to be heading back to America but the kids, 12-13 years old or so and born in America couldn't;t wait to get home. They missed Pepsi, pizza, video games and their friends. It was quite clear they didn't like Laos at all. Now there's an immigrant story that's been repeated for the past 150 years in this country!
Very true! I've read several articles discussing the difficulty the older Hmong have in interesting their children/grandchildren in the traditional language, arts, food, etc. Unfortunately, the young also tend to pull away from the traditional morality, work ethic, and respect for adults, and turn into standard American slacker teens.
This, of course, is a problem for all American parents, not just immigrants!