The adverse consequences for parenting conferred by youth translating insurance forms and family financial bills may stem from the excessive cognitive demands placed on youth in these situations, as well as the elevated power that youth gain in relationship to their immigrant parents. Language brokering pertinent to school and community contexts, on the other hand, was not associated with variations in parenting. The results from structural equation models indicated that language brokering at home-translations for items such as bills, credit card statements, and insurance forms-was associated with less parental decision-making authority, lower levels of parental knowledge, and less parent–child closeness. The sample included 118 (53 % female) primarily Mexican- and Central American-origin 7th, 9th, and 11th grade children in Latino immigrant families living in suburban Atlanta, an important new immigrant destination. Drawing from the family stress model and the concept of adolescent helpfulness, the present study examined how language brokering across different contexts-school, community, and home-was associated with indicators of parental support and parental behavioral control. Research findings in this regard, however, have been mixed. Scholars have surmised that youth’s role in language brokering may influence the nature of parenting practices and parent–child relationships that are important to the positive adjustment of adolescent youth. N2 - In the US, children in immigrant families have a longstanding history of language brokering for their parents. © 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York. We would like to thank the parents and youth who participated in surveys for this research, as well as personnel in the Cobb County School District, including the International Welcome Center, for helping to facilitate access to study participants.
This study was supported by a Research Initiation Grant from Georgia State University to the first author. T2 - Associations with Parenting and Parent–Youth Relationships in a New Immigrant Destination Area T1 - Adolescent Language Brokering in Diverse Contexts Scholars have surmised that youths behaviors.", For the country’s rapidly growing population of youth being raised by immigrant Latino parents, it is important to consider that youth’s role as language broker at home may affect closeness in the parent–child relationship as well as the degree to which parents are able to maintain authority over youth’s behaviors.Ībstract = "In the US, children in immigrant families have a longstanding history of language brokering for their parents. In the US, children in immigrant families have a longstanding history of language brokering for their parents.
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