Parenting practices: comparative study of ‘Immigrant Parents’ and ‘America born parents’

Immigrants who move to the United States generally face the difficulties of interpreting new laws and social norms (e.g., parenting norms), which may vary greatly from their inhabitant culture. Acceptable parenting practices are socially constructed religious beliefs, rooted in cultural context. What is satisfactory in one culture may be marked as child abuse in another. Thus, Asia immigrant parents are at endangerment for having their parenting practices defined as child abuse by mainstream culture. Defining child abuse in a multicultural society is difficult. In the court system, a cultural defense brings culture into the courtroom, questioning the intent in “abusive” cultural parenting practices,which ultimately effects the child's wealth and education belonging to immigrant family. This paper offers mesmerism that alter the response of social services and the legal system to abuse cases involving immigrant families. Changes in education and policy can protect immigrant parents and families.