First-Gen Growth Can Feel Like Belonging and Betrayal
Psychology Today | 05.02.2026 04:39
Growing up in an immigrant family, my parents often said, “We never had it this good.” “We make so many sacrifices for you.” I believed them; I could literally see their sacrifices with my own eyes: the calluses on my dad’s hands from working construction, the fatigue on my mom’s face at the end of the day.
