Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Linda P. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Linda P. Studies of Asian American parenting have primarily focused on first-generation immigrant parents. Few studies have examined the experiences of second-generation Asian American adults who now have children of their own.
The purpose of this qualitative study, then, is to better understand the values, practices, and concerns of second-generation Asian American parents regarding ethnic and racial socialization. The sample included 34 Asian American parents from seven different cities across the United States. Our findings highlight unique aspects of how second-generation Asian American parents engage in ethnic and racial socialization in an increasingly socially diverse world.
Keywords: second-generation parenting, Asian American, ethnicβracial socialization. The term has been used to capture two distinct socialization processes. Ethnic socialization refers to the preservation and transmission of cultural practices, traditions, and history that reflect the ethnic heritage s of the family Hughes et al.
There is limited psychological research on the ethnic and racial socialization beliefs and practices of Asian American parents. Hughes et al. Nonetheless, ethnicβracial socialization studies of Asian American families have primarily focused on first-generation immigrant parents arriving in large numbers after the Immigration and Nationality Act of Much less research has been conducted to understand the experiences of second-generation Asian Americans born or predominantly raised in the United States.
This generation of Asian Americans is now having children of their own. The goal of this study, then, is to better understand the values, practices, and concerns of second-generation Asian American parents of school-age children regarding ethnic and racial socialization. To do this, we chose to take a qualitative approach.
