Mensen leven in relaties, omdat we elkaar nodig hebben. Daarom worden onze relaties gekenmerkt door wederkerigheid: we ontvangen van de ander, en geven aan de ander. In de contextuele benadering van Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy wordt dit ‘relationele ethiek’ genoemd. Daarmee wordt een fundament van hechte, duurzame (familie)relaties blootgelegd; de bron voor geslaagde relaties.

Low-income Latinas/os are exposed to widespread mental health disparities in the United States. Most recently, a resurgence of anti-immigration narratives has led vulnerable Latina/o immigrants to experience considerable contextual stressors with multiple deleterious consequences for their overall well-being, including significant disruptions to their parenting practices.

Therapists are expected to practice cultural awareness. However, there is limited guidance on what this means when working with second or third generation families. This grounded theory study used a social constructionist life course perspective to understand how second generation Korean American parents locate themselves in the sociopolitical context and draw on these intergenerational experiences to construct a parenting ideology.