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When upward mobility creates distance from family origins

My immigrant parents sacrificed everything for my education but now I make more in a month than they ever did in a year and I don't know how to bridge this gap.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Success that exceeds parental circumstances can generate guilt and disconnection from one's roots and values.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Privilege and its acknowledgment?”

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