There are more and more problems considered along with the development of society

in Canada where is an immigration country, one of which is culture clash affecting

children of first-generation immigrants by aspects: languages, beliefs and values.

First, children who are second-generation offspring are forced to learn at lease tow

languages by their parents. Most of parents from foreign countries prefer their

children to be trained by their mother tongue first instead the official language of

Canada-English or French; in contrast, children need to speak English or French at

school. They are worried about their children will lose traditions from the countries

where they originally come from; therefore, they only educate their children in their …show more content…
In “Immigration Isolated? Tell that to

their children,” the author said the newcomers from the countries which have 1000

years histories and cultures have variously different backgrounds and interpretations.

For example, some Chinese parents believe that women are not necessary to get high

education and should focus on their marriage and family; in contrast, women who get

trained in Canada are more independent and would like to their husbands to be same

and share the responsibilities together. Therefore, the newcomer’s offspring have to

adapt these different beliefs.

Finally, there differ about values between first-generation of immigrations and their

children. Even though parent’s thought affect their children, children can have

different interpretation from educations, media and peers. Parent from China think

man must becomes a doctor, lawyer or professor to be a valuable person, so they

spend plenty of money and time to achieve their goal no matter their son have talent

and knowledge to do it and their son like or dislike. In contrast, Canadian parent