Sentences with phrase «mexican immigrant parents»

As the youngest of thirteen children born to Mexican immigrant parents, Hinojosa grew up listening to traditional Mexican songs as well as the pop and folk stations of the 60s on her parents» radio.

Daughter to Mexican immigrant parents who were in search of a better life in the U.S., and as a first - generation college student, this year and this award have been beyond our wildest dreams.

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This is a man who in addition to calling for a ban on all Muslims entering the US, labelled Mexican immigrants as rapists, called for the expulsion of millions of Americans whose parents or grandparents happened to be illegal immigrants and used racist insults against his opponents.

These data allow the reader to begin to understand what the culture of schooling means to Mexican children and families and, hopefully, how to emulate strategically this culture in feasible ways that promote meaningful educational experiences and outcomes for Mexican immigrant children in the U.S. Specifically, data discussing el grupo escolar (the school group), el turno matutino vs. el turno vespertino (morning vs. afternoon shifts), and el comité de padres (the parent committee) are presented.

In 2000, 39 percent of all children from immigrant families - families in which at least one parent is foreign - born - were of Mexican origin.

When ethnographer Angela Valenzuela spoke with immigrants in Texas — Mexican - American parents and students — and dug into the meaning of the Spanish word «educacion,» (in English: education) they understood it to mean «caring before learning.»

This article describes the initial validation and evaluation of the cross-cultural and cross-language equivalence of the Parenting Self - Agency Measure (PSAM) with a sample of English speaking, middle - income, Anglo mothers (N = 90) and a sample of Spanish speaking, low - income, Mexican immigrant mothers (N = 94).

Risk, conflict, mother's parenting, and children's adjustment in low - income Mexican immigrant, and Mexican American families