Children of immigrants represent one in four children in the United States and will represent
one in three children by 2050. Children of Asian and Latino immigrants together represent …

Boundary dissolution has broadly been defined as the breakdown of boundaries and loss of
psychological distinctiveness in the parent–child subsystem. Qualitative reviews have …

Youth from immigrant families often translate or interpret materials for their parents who lack
proficiency in the dominant language of the mainstream society. However, evidence remains …

Adolescents from Mexican immigrant families are often embedded in a challenging social
environment and experience multiple contextual stressors, including economic stress …

Objectives: Language brokering (LB) often occurs in public places, putting youth who broker
at risk for experiencing discrimination while engaging in brokering. Guided by the risk and …

Researchers have argued parentification and language brokering experienced in childhood
are similar in nature and may have the same deleterious effects on mental health outcomes …

For adolescents from undocumented families, school counselors may serve as a resource to
draw upon for support should the adolescents decide to disclose their family status. In this …

We advance a tripartite framework of language use to encompass language skills, the
practice of language skills, and the subjective experiences associated with language use …

Language is an important characteristic of culture. Importantly, with the ever-present
migration of persons across countries and cultures, physical boundaries of language have …

Aims and objectives/purpose/research questions: Language brokering (LB) is an informal
translation experience where bilinguals serve as linguistic and cultural intermediaries for …