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Parenting with an accent, how immigrants honor their heritage, navigate setbacks, and chart new paths for their children, Masha Rumer

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non fiction

Parenting with an accent

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Masha Rumer

how immigrants honor their heritage, navigate setbacks, and chart new paths for their children

"A candid portrait of the realities, challenges, and joys many contemporary immigrants confront while raising a new generation of Americans."--, Provided by publisherRumer paints a realistic and compassionate picture of what it's like for immigrant parents raising a child in America while honoring their cultural identities. She incorporates a diverse collection of voices and experiences, giving readers an intimate look at the lives of many different immigrant families across the country. Interviews with experts on various aspects of parenting as an immigrant cover the challenges of acculturation, bilingualism strategies, and childcare. -- adapted from jacket"Merging real stories with research and on-the-ground reporting, an award-winning journalist and immigrant explores multicultural parenting and identity in the US. Through her own stories and interviews with other immigrant families, Masha Rumer paints a realistic and compassionate picture of what it's like for immigrant parents raising a child in America while honoring their cultural identities. Parenting with an Accent incorporates a diverse collection of voices and experiences, giving readers an intimate look at the lives of many different immigrant families across the country. Using empirical data, humor, and on-the-ground reportage, Rumer offers interviews with experts on various aspects of parenting as an immigrant, including the challenges of acculturation, bilingualism strategies, and childcare. She visits a children's Amharic class at an Ethiopian church in New York, a California vegetable farm, a Persian immersion school, and more. Deeply researched yet personal, Parenting with an Accent centers immigrants and their experiences in a new country--emphasizing how immigrants and their children remain an integral part of America's story." --, publisher's description from publisher's website

I Am the Grinch Who Stole Christmas -- The Beet Test -- Then Comes Baby in a Baby Carriage -- Vodka Rubs and Other Family Advice -- The Polyglot Boardinghouse -- Bilingualism: An Uphill Battle, Sometimes -- Standing Watch -- The Experts Weigh In -- Nannies and Daycares and Grandmas, Oh My! -- Protests and Myths -- Live and Learn -- "They Say Little Racist Things" -- Between Two Worlds -- Finding Home