Now they must support their families, often with low-income jobs. As they struggle to pay bills and learn a new language, they may havelittle time to spend with their children, increasing their senseof isolation. In our culture, your cousins, your uncle, your extended family are considered to be your family. That helps in raising children. Lack of that is a major challenge here.
Discipline ranks as another challenge.
It's not easy to learn. But we have to try to do that. Children themselves sometimes perpetuate the confusion. Many parents live in fear that their children willreport them, and that the children will be taken from thehome. Clothing, too, generates debate.