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How to honor immigrant parents while living your own life

My Chinese parents sacrificed everything for me to be American and now they're hurt that I don't want to move back to take care of them and I feel like I'm failing at being both.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The success immigrant parents enable for their children can conflict with the traditional obligations they still expect.

Worth thinking about

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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.