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How to preserve cultural identity in diaspora children

I moved to Canada ten years ago and my teenage son barely speaks our language anymore and shows no interest in our family traditions and I feel like I am losing him to this culture.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The immigrant parent watches helplessly as assimilation threatens the transmission of ancestral values and connection.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with African communal parenting traditions?”

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