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When children reject their cultural heritage

My teenage daughter is embarrassed by our traditions and refuses to speak our language at home and I'm watching my culture die in my own house.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Cultural transmission across generations requires willing recipients, creating profound loss when that willingness disappears.

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