{"id":9708,"date":"2019-09-11T05:07:11","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T09:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=9708"},"modified":"2019-09-11T15:33:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T19:33:47","slug":"as-a-first-generation-immigrant-who-grew-up-in-america-i-feel-and-believe-different-things-than-my-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/09\/11\/as-a-first-generation-immigrant-who-grew-up-in-america-i-feel-and-believe-different-things-than-my-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"As a first generation immigrant who grew up in America, I feel and believe different things than my parents."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"501\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190911_0416522.jpg\" alt=\"As a first generation immigrant who grew up in America, I feel and believe different things than my parents. Sometimes I feel as if I'm in the middle with each of my feet in two different worlds. How can I bridge this gap and ease the differences? P.S. Thanks for your time! :)\" class=\"wp-image-9704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190911_0416522.jpg 501w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190911_0416522-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190911_0416522-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190911_0416522-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><figcaption>As a first generation immigrant who grew up in America, I feel and believe different things than my parents. \n\nSometimes I feel as if I&#8217;m in the middle with each of my feet in two different worlds. How can I bridge this gap and ease the differences? \n\nP.S. Thanks for your time! \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It must be hard to maintain balance with feet in two worlds! First- and second-generation kids often have that dilemma: how do you adapt to a new culture and simultaneously maintain a different one? I recommend connecting to other people with the same experience. If you don&#8217;t know anyone personally, reading books about similar experiences could help. Take a look at this selection from BC Libraries and see if any titles resonate: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bc-immigrants-children\">bit.ly\/bc-immigrants-children<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It must be hard to maintain balance with feet in two worlds! First- and second-generation kids often have that dilemma: how do you adapt to a new culture and simultaneously maintain a different one? I recommend connecting to other people with the same experience. If you don&#8217;t know anyone personally, reading books about similar experiences &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/09\/11\/as-a-first-generation-immigrant-who-grew-up-in-america-i-feel-and-believe-different-things-than-my-parents\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;As a first generation immigrant who grew up in America, I feel and believe different things than my parents.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[744],"class_list":["post-9708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-career","tag-immigrant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9708"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9715,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9708\/revisions\/9715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}