Mommy Quote by Pamela Druckerman

“Immigrant parents, when they first move to North America, push towards whiteness, towards assimilation, to survive and thrive. Naturally, their children do too for…

— Scaachi Koul

When my kids correct my cultural missteps, I sometimes suspect that they're not embarrassed, they're gleeful.

— Pamela Druckerman

I've raised daughters who are English, and I'm American, so they're culturally different to me, which is an unusual situation.

— Elizabeth McGovern

Parents feel like immigrants in the country of the young.

— Margaret Mead

When you have parents that come from a country that you weren't raised in, you feel this weird sense of familiarity, like you've returned…

— Roy Choi

Assimilation is the way you excuse yourself. It absolutely never worked at all. You may not think you are noticeable. But they know who…

— Harry Hay

America's parenting customs can shock foreigners.

— Pamela Druckerman

“That is the great thing about being a foreigner—that you get to spend your life with a whole new set of cultural attachments in…

— Bill Bryson

My wife has a horror the children will start talking American if we spend too much time out there.

— Damian Lewis

I think it's so wonderful to show a child of immigrant parents who's proud of their culture and doesn't neglect it.

— Iman Vellani

“It happens all too often - people regret that their language and culture are being lost but at the same time decide not to…

— Andrew Dalby

The children in this country are the one center and focus of all our thoughts. Every step of our advance is always considered in…

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman