They bring rural norms for child-bearing with them. Others though feel stigmatized. They may have weak English skills, poor grades, poor relations at school, etc. Father doesn t understand where we are. Thinks we are still in the old country.
Kids here don t listen, respect their elders the way they did in the old country.
Tensions and unrest arise. Life in its very essentials is in an upheaval. But really he does not understand very much here. He makes life very hard for us, and we cannot get any fun with him. We can't enforce our will.