Abstract
Conflict between immigrant parents and their children who were born or raised in the United States is a recurrent theme in the study of immigrant adaptation. Parents often fear that their children are assimilating to American culture too rapidly as they attempt to fit in with their peers and conform to media images. Yet parents may also become concerned when their children choose to publicly express their ethnic and religious roots, risking possible ostracism and discrimination. The result in either case is conflict between the generations.