ABSTRACT
For the most part, past theories and research on international migration focus nearly exclusively on adults and tend to present children as appendages to their parents rather than as distinct subjects worthy of investigation (Sung, 1985). The typical immigrant is conceptualized as a young adult who was socialized in his or her homeland and then relocated to another country. In contrast, immigrant children are often thought to be the first of their families to be socialized into the receiving community’s culture. Thus, immigrant children are generally thought to have an easier time adapting than adults because they are younger, more malleable, and more exposed to the new culture through the native school system (Chud, 1982).
