Parenting with an accent : how immigrants honor their heritage, navigate setbacks, and chart new paths for their children /

Rumer, Masha, 1979-

Parenting with an accent : how immigrants honor their heritage, navigate setbacks, and chart new paths for their children / Masha Rumer. - xiii, 213 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

I Am the Grinch Who Stole Christmas -- The Beet Test -- Then Comes Baby in a Baby Carriage -- Vodka Rubs and Other Family Advice -- The Polyglot Boardinghouse -- Bilingualism: An Uphill Battle, Sometimes -- Standing Watch -- The Experts Weigh In -- Nannies and Daycares and Grandmas, Oh My! -- Protests and Myths -- Live and Learn -- "They Say Little Racist Things" -- Between Two Worlds -- Finding Home.

"A candid portrait of the realities, challenges, and joys many contemporary immigrants confront while raising a new generation of Americans."--

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Parenthood--United States--Cross-cultural studies.
Children of immigrants--United States.
Immigrants--Family relationships--United States.
Immigrant families--United States.

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