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Parenting with an Accent

How Immigrants Honor Their Heritage, Navigate Setbacks, and Chart New Paths for Their Children

Author Masha Rumer
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Beacon Press
On sale Oct 04, 2022 | 232 Pages | 978-0-8070-0730-3
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  • Education > Early Childhood Education > Parents, Families, and Communities
  • History > U.S. History > U.S. Immigration History
  • Interdisciplinary Studies > Family Studies and Human Development > Introduction to Family Studies
  • Interdisciplinary Studies > Family Studies and Human Development > Parenting
  • Interdisciplinary Studies > Social Science > American Studies
  • Sociology > Family > Sociology of Family
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A blend of on-the-ground reporting and personal anecdotes that weaves a tapestry of the immigrant experience, multicultural parenting, and identity in the US

Through her own stories and interviews with other immigrant families, award-winning journalist Masha Rumer paints a realistic and compassionate picture of what it’s like for immigrant parents raising a child in America while honoring their cultural identities. Parenting with an Accent speaks to immigrant and non-immigrant readers alike, incorporating a diverse collection of voices and experiences to provide an intimate look at the lives of many different immigrant families across the country.

With a compelling blend of empirical data, humor, and on-the-ground reportage, Rumer presents interviews with experts on various aspects of parenting as an immigrant, including the challenges of acculturation, bilingualism strategies, and childcare. She visits a children’s Amharic class at an Ethiopian church in New York, a California vegetable farm, a Persian immersion school, and more. Through these stories, she opens a window to a world of parenting unique to multicultural families. Immigrant readers will appreciate Rumer’s gentle message about the kind of ethnic and cultural ambivalence that is born of having roots planted in many different soils, while in these pages non-immigrants get a fly-on-the-wall view of the unique experiences of newcomers.

Deeply researched yet personal, Parenting with an Accent centers immigrants and their experiences in a new country—emphasizing how immigrants and their children remain an integral part of America’s story.
Preface

1.
I Am the Grinch Who Stole Christmas

2.
The Beet Test

3.
Then Comes Baby in a Baby Carriage

4.
Vodka Rubs and Other Family Advice

5.
The Polyglot Boardinghouse

6.
Bilingualism: An Uphill Battle, Sometimes

7.
Standing Watch

8.
The Experts Weigh In

9.
Nannies and Daycares and Grandmas, Oh My!

10.
Protests and Myths

11.
Live and Learn

12.
“They Say Little Racist Things”

13.
Between Two Worlds

14.
Finding Home

Acknowledgments
Notes
Masha Rumer is an award-winning journalist and freelance writer. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Quartz, the Moscow Times, Parents.com, SFWeekly, Volume 1 Brooklyn, and elsewhere. An immigrant from the former Soviet Union, she now lives with her family in California, where she is navigating the nuances of multicultural and interfaith parenting. You can find her online at masharumer.com and on Twitter @MashaDC.
Masha Rumer View titles by Masha Rumer

About

A blend of on-the-ground reporting and personal anecdotes that weaves a tapestry of the immigrant experience, multicultural parenting, and identity in the US

Through her own stories and interviews with other immigrant families, award-winning journalist Masha Rumer paints a realistic and compassionate picture of what it’s like for immigrant parents raising a child in America while honoring their cultural identities. Parenting with an Accent speaks to immigrant and non-immigrant readers alike, incorporating a diverse collection of voices and experiences to provide an intimate look at the lives of many different immigrant families across the country.

With a compelling blend of empirical data, humor, and on-the-ground reportage, Rumer presents interviews with experts on various aspects of parenting as an immigrant, including the challenges of acculturation, bilingualism strategies, and childcare. She visits a children’s Amharic class at an Ethiopian church in New York, a California vegetable farm, a Persian immersion school, and more. Through these stories, she opens a window to a world of parenting unique to multicultural families. Immigrant readers will appreciate Rumer’s gentle message about the kind of ethnic and cultural ambivalence that is born of having roots planted in many different soils, while in these pages non-immigrants get a fly-on-the-wall view of the unique experiences of newcomers.

Deeply researched yet personal, Parenting with an Accent centers immigrants and their experiences in a new country—emphasizing how immigrants and their children remain an integral part of America’s story.

Table of Contents

Preface

1.
I Am the Grinch Who Stole Christmas

2.
The Beet Test

3.
Then Comes Baby in a Baby Carriage

4.
Vodka Rubs and Other Family Advice

5.
The Polyglot Boardinghouse

6.
Bilingualism: An Uphill Battle, Sometimes

7.
Standing Watch

8.
The Experts Weigh In

9.
Nannies and Daycares and Grandmas, Oh My!

10.
Protests and Myths

11.
Live and Learn

12.
“They Say Little Racist Things”

13.
Between Two Worlds

14.
Finding Home

Acknowledgments
Notes

Author

Masha Rumer is an award-winning journalist and freelance writer. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Quartz, the Moscow Times, Parents.com, SFWeekly, Volume 1 Brooklyn, and elsewhere. An immigrant from the former Soviet Union, she now lives with her family in California, where she is navigating the nuances of multicultural and interfaith parenting. You can find her online at masharumer.com and on Twitter @MashaDC.
Masha Rumer View titles by Masha Rumer

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    Parenting with an Accent
    How Immigrants Honor Their Heritage, Navigate Setbacks, and Chart New Paths for Their Children
    Masha Rumer
    978-0-8070-2187-3
    $24.95 US
    Hardcover
    Beacon Press
    Nov 30, 2021
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    How Immigrants Honor Their Heritage, Navigate Setbacks, and Chart New Paths for Their Children
    Masha Rumer
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    $13.99 US
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    Nov 30, 2021
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    How Immigrants Honor Their Heritage, Navigate Setbacks, and Chart New Paths for Their Children
    Masha Rumer
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    How Immigrants Honor Their Heritage, Navigate Setbacks, and Chart New Paths for Their Children
    Masha Rumer
    978-0-8070-9425-9
    $45.00 US
    Audiobook Download
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  • Parenting with an Accent
    Parenting with an Accent
    How Immigrants Honor Their Heritage, Navigate Setbacks, and Chart New Paths for Their Children
    Masha Rumer
    978-0-8070-2187-3
    $24.95 US
    Hardcover
    Beacon Press
    Nov 30, 2021
  • Parenting with an Accent
    Parenting with an Accent
    How Immigrants Honor Their Heritage, Navigate Setbacks, and Chart New Paths for Their Children
    Masha Rumer
    978-0-8070-2194-1
    $13.99 US
    Ebook
    Beacon Press
    Nov 30, 2021
  • Parenting with an Accent
    Parenting with an Accent
    How Immigrants Honor Their Heritage, Navigate Setbacks, and Chart New Paths for Their Children
    Masha Rumer
    978-0-8070-9394-8
    $20.00 US
    Audiobook Download
    Beacon Press
    Nov 30, 2021
  • Parenting with an Accent
    Parenting with an Accent
    How Immigrants Honor Their Heritage, Navigate Setbacks, and Chart New Paths for Their Children
    Masha Rumer
    978-0-8070-9425-9
    $45.00 US
    Audiobook Download
    Beacon Press
    Nov 30, 2021
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