Doctoral Thesis: Immigration

Productive Citizens Dept: That said, the children of recent immigrants face unique pressures on top of dealing with those faced by children whose families have been here longer. So it's important to consider the factors that might contribute to their entering gang life. Fortunately, Hieu Van Ngo did just that for his doctoral thesis at the University of Calgary, according to Vancouver Sun. Ngo notes that different youth face different parenting styles, from permissive to strict, but all failed to develop healthy strong bonds with their parents. Notably, many youth had only a weak attachment to their country of origin, and were frequently ready to adopt Canadian norms and values. This, of course, conflicted with their parents' desires to maintain their cultural traditions, and led to more direct conflict between parents and children and we sometimes hear references to "ethnic" gangs in the Lower Mainland. Young men of Indo-Canadian descent, particularly the children of more recent immigrants from India, may be perceived to dominate local gangs. But many people take issue with these notions, and correctly so, as the vast majority of young men of Indo-Canadian descent are law-abiding productive citizens. Ngo interviewed 30 gang members from immigrant families and he concluded that many had experienced an "unravelling" of their ethnic identities. As reported in the news.
@t norms and values, parenting styles