Exploring parent–child communication in the context of threat: immigrant families facing detention and deportation in post-9/11 USA

Lykes, M. Brinton; Brabeck, Kalina; Hunter, Cristina

doi:10.1080/13668803.2012.752997

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“…Common and core to the migrant parenthood experience were sacrifice, hardship and loss. In studies with undocumented or mixed-status families and asylum-seekers, the uncertainty of their future in the receiving-country impacted many facets of their lives and was key to their hardships [ 21 , 25 , 49 , 52 , 54 , 56 , 60 , 72 , 74 , 76 , 81 , 85 , 87 – 95 , 100 , 103 , 134 , 141 , 143 , 148 , 152 , 157 , 164 , 165 ]. Those without status lived in fear of deportation and separation from children and family [ 21 , 60 , 72 , 87 – 89 , 91 – 94 , 99 , 141 , 147 , 152 , 157 ]; parents were in the difficult position of having to discuss their precarious status with their children and to prepare for the outcome if they were ever deported [ 85 , 90 , 164 ].…”

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“…In studies with undocumented or mixed-status families and asylum-seekers, the uncertainty of their future in the receiving-country impacted many facets of their lives and was key to their hardships [ 21 , 25 , 49 , 52 , 54 , 56 , 60 , 72 , 74 , 76 , 81 , 85 , 87 – 95 , 100 , 103 , 134 , 141 , 143 , 148 , 152 , 157 , 164 , 165 ]. Those without status lived in fear of deportation and separation from children and family [ 21 , 60 , 72 , 87 – 89 , 91 – 94 , 99 , 141 , 147 , 152 , 157 ]; parents were in the difficult position of having to discuss their precarious status with their children and to prepare for the outcome if they were ever deported [ 85 , 90 , 164 ]. Not having status restricted their movement and interactions [ 21 , 49 , 50 , 54 , 72 , 87 , 88 , 90 , 92 , 93 , 95 , 99 , 105 , 133 , 134 , 141 , 147 , 165 ] and adversely impacted their safety (since migrants would not seek help, including for family violence) and had profound effects on their mental well-being [ 72 , …”

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Refugees, asylum-seekers and undocumented migrants and the experience of parenthood: a synthesis of the qualitative literature

2017

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ObjectiveTo synthesize the recent qualitative literature and identify the integrative themes describing the parenthood experiences of refugees, asylum-seekers and undocumented migrants.MethodsWe searched seven online databases for the period January 2006 to February 2017. We included English and French published peer-reviewed articles and graduate-level dissertations, which qualitatively examined the parenthood experiences of refugees, asylum-seekers and undocumented migrants. We summarized study characteristics and performed a thematic analysis across the studies.ResultsOne hundred thirty eight studies met inclusion criteria. All but three were conducted in high-income countries, mainly in the US. Migrants studied were mostly undocumented from Latin America and refugees from Sub-Saharan Africa. Almost all studies (93%) included mothers; about half (47%) included fathers; very few (5%) included extended family members. We identified three integrative themes: 1) experiencing hardship and/or loss in the context of precarious migration and past traumas; 2) building resilience and strength by bridging language, norms and expectations; and 3) living transnationally: obligations, challenges and resources. Each theme contributed to shaping the parenthood experience; the transnationalism theme intersected with the themes on hardship and loss and resilience and strength.ConclusionMore research is needed with fathers, extended family members, asylum-seekers and in the LMIC context. A transnational lens needs to be applied to programs, policies and future research for refugee, asylum-seeker and undocumented migrant parents. Addressing transnational concerns (family separation and reunification), acknowledging transnational resources, fostering a transnational family identity and conducting transnational and longitudinal studies are potentially pivotal approaches for this sub-population of parents.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12992-017-0299-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Refugees, asylum-seekers and undocumented migrants and the experience of parenthood: a synthesis of the qualitative literature

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“…Yet among parents we interviewed, more than 25% of the families had not discussed their documentation status with their children. Lykes et al (2013) also examined parental communication patterns about their legal status with children. They found a slightly higher proportion of families reported some form communication with their children about their legal status, 78% (Lykes et al, 2013) versus 73% in our study.…”

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“…Lykes et al (2013) also examined parental communication patterns about their legal status with children. They found a slightly higher proportion of families reported some form communication with their children about their legal status, 78% (Lykes et al, 2013) versus 73% in our study. In both studies, the parents cited the children's age or the desire to protect their children from the fear and uncertainty knowing brings.…”

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“…General family processes such as parenting practices and the structure of family relationships are affected by having a parent with undocumented status. For example, research suggests that undocumented parents encourage their children to not draw attention to themselves and avoid potential problems because otherwise they could be reported to ICE (Lykes, Brabeck, & Hunter, 2013). In some cases, fear of the system or difficulty communicating in English creates an inverse power relationship and disrupts parental authority in undocumented families (Dreby, 2015).…”

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Parenting in the Context of Deportation Risk

Cardoso

Scott

Faulkner

et al. 2018

J of Marriage and Family

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Nearly 5.1 million children younger than age 18 live with at least one undocumented parent, about 7% of the U.S. child population. Between 2010 and 2013, an estimated 300,000 parents of U.S. citizen children were deported. Raising children in the context of deportation risk increases overall parenting stress for undocumented Latino parents. To investigate this and understand the experience of undocumented parenting, the authors interviewed 70 undocumented parents in two Southwest cities from 2012 to 2013. The authors frame their analysis using the lens of the problem of "illegality." There are three domains of stressors associated with parenting in the context of deportation risk: trapped parenting, threat of family separation, and altered family processes. The authors discuss these findings in the context of the

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Documentation status socialization among Latinx immigrant parents

Cross

Martinez

Rivas‐Drake

2021

New Drctns Chld & Adlscnt

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Discriminatory legislation targeting Latinx immigrants in the United States has shifted how parents communicate with their children about the hostile political climate. One way that Latinx parents talk about and prepare their children to face prejudice is through ethnic‐racial socialization, which can promote children's positive development. Few scholars, however, have focused on how Latinx immigrant families with precarious documentation status socialize their children around issues of immigration, documentation status, and the potential for family separation. The current study seeks to broaden our understanding and conceptualization of ethnic‐racial socialization practices among Latinx immigrant families living in the United States to include documentation status socialization to better capture the messages parents transmit to their children about the causes and potential impacts of their documentation status. Thirty‐nine Latinx immigrant mothers aged 35–53 (M = 41.66), (22 undocumented, 17 documented) were interviewed regarding the ways in which their documentation status informs their ethnic‐racial socialization practices. Five subthemes of Documentation Status Socialization were identified among both undocumented and documented parents. Example of subthemes included Limitations and Restrictions of Undocumented Status, and Documentation Privilege, in which parents discussed the limitation of being undocumented as well as the privilege that comes with the legal documentation status with their youth. Our findings yield important implications for practice and research alike.

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Exploring parent–child communication in the context of threat: immigrant families facing detention and deportation in post-9/11 USA

Cited by 25 publications

References 26 publications

Refugees, asylum-seekers and undocumented migrants and the experience of parenthood: a synthesis of the qualitative literature

Refugees, asylum-seekers and undocumented migrants and the experience of parenthood: a synthesis of the qualitative literature

Parenting in the Context of Deportation Risk

Documentation status socialization among Latinx immigrant parents

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