Description:Merging real stories with research and on-the-ground reporting, an award-winning journalist and Jewish-Russian immigrant offers advice on all aspects of parenting as an immigrant in the US
Through her own stories and interviews with other immigrant families, Masha Rumer paints a realistic and compassionate picture of what it’s like for immigrant parents who struggle to raise a child in America while honoring their cultural identity. Parenting with an Accent offers practical advice on all aspects of parenting as an immigrant, including bilingualism strategies, childcare, and the challenges of acculturation. Using empirical data and on-the-ground reportage, Rumer incorporates a diverse collection of voices and experiences, giving readers an intimate look at the lives of many different immigrant families including a children’s Amharic class at an Ethiopian church in New York, the California home of a French-American family, and a Chinese-born...