Resettled Refugee Families, Parenting Practices, and Educational Involvement

• In Event: Educators and Communities Supporting Immigrant, Refugee, and English Language Learners

Abstract

The proposed presentation is to examine the resettled refugee parents’ parenting experiences and their involvement in children’s education and schooling. According to the 2018 United Nations Report, 19 million people worldwide had been forcibly displaced are considered as refugees in 2017. These refugees are facing a lot of challenges when they are relocated to a new land that has a different language, culture, and family dynamic than their own. One of the biggest obstacles refugees parents face is raising their children in a new, unfamiliar culture. The challenges of adapting to the new environment while maintain the original culture are manifested in various areas in refugee parents’ parenting practices and their involvement in their children’s education and schooling. In this presentation, we will examine the refugee families’ incongruent parenting experiences and implication will be provided.

Authors

• Grace Huang, Cleveland State University

• Eddie T. C. Lam, Cleveland State University