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When cultural transmission fails across generations

My grandmother raised me to be proud of our culture but now my own children are embarrassed by our traditions and language.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Intergenerational assimilation can feel like rejection of ancestral sacrifice, creating grief over lost cultural continuity.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Adopted identity — chosen and given?”

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