So the parents adjust. Their youngest son is studying Japanese and comparative literature at Brown University, an Ivy League school in Rhode Island. The best she and her husband can do is offer love and support, she said. The Nguyens' situation is not unique. Asian immigrants are usually stricter parents than are Asians raised in America.
Asian culture stresses duty and family.
The generational conflict lies not only in parents' ethnic backgrounds but in their immigrant experience. Their American-raised children usually do well in school because of the push and discipline they receive from their parents, who have a strong determination to succeed, Sakamoto said. Immigrants tend to be very motivated people. Immigrant parents make a lot of sacrifices to get where they are and they want their children to be successful. Seangurai has spent most of his life here.