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How language loss threatens intergenerational connection

I immigrated here as a child and now my teenage daughter speaks better English than my native language, and I feel like I'm losing her.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Assimilation success can create cultural distance between immigrant parents and their children that feels like relational loss.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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