Parenting in the Context of Deportation Risk. Issue 2 (1st February 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Berger Cardoso, Jodi; Scott, Jennifer L.; Faulkner, Monica; Barros Lane, Liza
• Is Part Of: Journal of marriage and family. Volume 80:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 301
• Page End: 316
• Publication Date: 2018-02-01
• Subjects: family processes -- Hispanic/Latino/a -- immigrants -- parenting -- stress; Family -- Periodicals; Marriage -- Periodicals; 306.805
• DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12463
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-2445

Abstract

Abstract : Nearly 5.1 million children younger than age 18 live with at least one undocumented parent, about 7% of the U.S. child population. Between 2010 and 2013, an estimated 300, 000 parents of U.S. citizen children were deported. Raising children in the context of deportation risk increases overall parenting stress for undocumented Latino parents. To investigate this and understand the experience of undocumented parenting, the authors interviewed 70 undocumented parents in two Southwest cities from 2012 to 2013. The authors frame their analysis using the lens of the problem of "illegality." There are three domains of stressors associated with parenting in the context of deportation risk: trapped parenting, threat of family separation, and altered family processes. The authors discuss these findings in the context of the literature on undocumented families and parenting stress and connect these findings to the current sociopolitical context experienced by Latino families in the United States .