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Article: Black, Hispanic, and White American mothers of adolescents: construction of a national standard.
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- Adolescence
- Article date:
- December 22, 2004
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Lifestyles that reflect cultural diversity in the United States are perceived as confirmation of the national capacity to accept and encourage differences. Consequently, most researchers examine parenting in the context of subcultures without examining their relationship to practices of the society as a whole (Alba & Nee, 2003). The prevailing assumption is that identification of subcultural attributes can help preserve valued characteristics, ease social integration, and support inter-group harmony. Granting such benefits, the use of a narrow frame of reference does not allow for comparisons with other ethnic groups or nations because data from subcultures are not ...
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... ... The following statement is a reaction by U.S.English to the Census Bureau report on multilingualism in the United States: The number of people in the United States who speak a language other than English in their homes should come as ...
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