“I Became a Mom Overnight”

How Parental Detentions and Deportations Impact Young Adults’ Role

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21323391
AutoresCarolina Valdivia (0000-0002-3964-7210, University of California, Los Angeles, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen91
Número1
Páginas62-82
Fecha de publicación2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHarvard Educational Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0017-8055 • E-ISSN: 1943-5045
EditorialHarvard Education Publishing Group (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.17763/1943-5045-91.1.62
OpenAlexW3152503583
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9

This article examines how the detention or deportation of a parent shapes the roles and responsibilities of young adults within the household and the consequences that these changes have on their educational experiences. Drawing from thirty-two in-depth interviews with young adults living in the United States whose parent was detained, author Carolina Valdivia finds that children’s responsibilities within the family abruptly change as soon as a parent is apprehended, with conditions worsening as the parent undergoes deportation proceedings. More specifically, young adults take on additional and a wider range of responsibilities to help their families cope emotionally and financially, including working additional jobs and spending more time taking care of younger siblings. The article also demonstrates how young adults’ gender, birth order, and level of education at the time of a parent’s immigration arrest shape their participation at home and notes how increased responsibilities affect their educational trajectories

Affect (linguistics) · Deportation · Developmental psychology · Immigration · Political science · Young adult · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics