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Scenario

How to explain assimilation choices to your children

I changed my name from Xiomara to Sara when I started my career fifteen years ago and now my daughter asks why I am ashamed of who I am and I do not know how to explain that it felt necessary then.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Past survival strategies clash with present values as a parent confronts the cost of choices made for acceptance.

Your guide for this
Rabia
Rabia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Assimilation vs. cultural preservation?”

Peri

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