Difference In Immigrant Generations

common in later immigrant generations as if it is an Americanized thing. While talking back is not what Angelica hopes Patty learns to do she does hope that Patty learns to defend and express herself as a way of protection. The differential in parenting styles between these different generations is also seen when I asked Patty for an example of a punishment she considered unfair. Patty responded with, “this would be when my mom took my phone away for talking back despite coming home with straight A’s and not getting into any type of trouble. I personally thought that was unfair yeah I have an attitude talk back sometimes but like I’m a teenager it happens like you don’t have to take my phone away…” Every parent has a different form of punishment while Patty’s mother …show more content…
Or as Shawna J. Lee and Inna Altschul refer to as, “Physical discipline that uses physical force with the intention of causing a child to experience pain, but not injury, for the purpose of correcting or controlling the child’s behavior” (Lee and Altschul 2015, 476). However Angelica who was more Americanized did not agree hat that was the most effective way to punish a child and instead relied on putting the children in time outs and grounding them. This supports Anne K. Driscoll’s idea that third and fourth immigrant generation parent’s parenting styles was similar to the parenting styles of white teens which were more lenient showing assimilation to the American culture (Driscoll et al. 2008, 186). Being so far in the immigrant generation causes the lost of cultural ideas that Antonio